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Africa: Dozens of Migrants Die On Boat in Mediterranean
Al Jazeera, 15 August 2015
At least 40 migrants have died on a boat in the southern Mediterranean, Italian authorities have reported. Read more »
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Somalia: At Least 40 Migrants Dead At Sea - Italy
Shabelle, 15 August 2015
At least 40 migrants died at sea and more than 320 others were rescued Saturday by the Italian navy from an overcrowded smugglers' boat in the Mediterranean Sea north of Libya,… Read more »
Dozens of African Migrants Die On Boat in Mediterranean
The Italian Navy rescued 320 migrants from a smugglers' boat, while other people who were stuck in the hold died.
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EU leaders have announced new measures to stop migrant drownings in the Mediterranean, including tripling current funding for the Triton border protection mission. Read more »
Rescued migrants sleep after being plucked from a boat off the coast of Italy in summer 2014. Most boat arrivals in 2014 were asylum seekers from Syria, Eritrea and elsewhere.
