‘We are very, very, very tired’: Migrants describe their journeys to
Issued on: 17/09/2023 – 10:54Modified: 17/09/2023 – 11:36 01:46 Migrants have spent four days at sea to arrive at Italy’s Lampedusa island. © France 24...
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Scores dead in migrant shipwreck off Italy’s Lampedusa island
Forty-one migrants died in a shipwreck last week in the central Mediterranean, the Ansa news agency reported on Wednesday, citing accounts from survivors who have...
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EU, Tunisia sign ‘strategic’ deal on migration, economy, renewable
The European Union and Tunisia on Sunday signed a memorandum of understanding for a “strategic and comprehensive partnership” on irregular migration, economic development and renewable...
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Hope fades for missing migrants in deadly shipwreck in Greece
Nine survivors from a migrant boat that sank were arrested Thursday on suspicion of smuggling as hope faded for hundreds of missing passengers and attention...
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Italy declares state of emergency over migrant crossings surge
Issued on: 12/04/2023 – 16:01 Italy’s cabinet on Tuesday announced a state of emergency on immigration following a “sharp rise” in flows across the Mediterranean,...
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Israel has reached ‘historic’ maritime border deal with Lebanon, says PM Lapid
Issued on: 11/10/2022 – 09:46 Lebanon and Israel have reached a historic agreement demarcating a disputed maritime border between them, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said...
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Fleeing Lebanon to escape poverty: At least 100 die in migrant shipwreck
Issued on: 05/10/2022 – 15:03 Three years into Lebanon’s devastating financial collapse, some 80 percent of the population is now living below the poverty line....
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Jellyfish invasion: Climate change blamed as swarm swamps Israeli coast
Issued on: 26/07/2022 – 15:52Modified: 26/07/2022 – 16:24 A vast swarm of jellyfish has appeared off the coast of Haifa in Israel in recent days,...
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With an eye on re-election, Turkey’s Erdogan risks the ire of Western partners
Between stalling Sweden and Finland’s bids for NATO membership and threatening a fresh military offensive against Kurds in northern Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...
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Arrival of Israeli gas installation reignites Lebanon maritime border dispute
An Israeli floating gas production unit arrived in the maritime zone disputed between Israel and Lebanon on Sunday – prompting the anger of the Lebanese...
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Dozens dead or presumed dead after boat capsizes off Libya, UN says
Issued on: 16/04/2022 – 16:16 A migrant boat has capsized off the Libyan coast, leaving at least 35 people dead or presumed dead, the U.N....
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More than a dozen killed in latest Greece migrant boat accident
Issued on: 25/12/2021 – 10:05 At least sixteen people died when a migrant boat sank in the Aegean, Greece’s coastguard said early Saturday, just hours...