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14Feb/15

About 700 migrants rescued from boats near Libya – coastguard

February 14, 2015WorldCoast guard, Coast guards, Continents, Decades, European migrant crisis, Immigration to Italy, Italy, Lampedusa, Lampedusa e Linosa, Libya, Libya migrant shipwrecks, Libyan coast, Operation Mare Nostrum, Politics, Rome, Safety, Search and rescue, Social Issuessmbale

Two commercial ships and an Italian coastguard vessel have rescued about 700 migrants from overcrowded boats near the Libyan coast. One hundred arrive on the Italian island of Lampedusa in the evening.
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11Feb/15

More than 300 migrants die this week trying to reach Italy – UN agency

February 11, 2015WorldCarlotta Sami, Continents, European migrant crisis, Gambia, Geography of Africa, Guinea, Italy, Ivory Coast, Lampedusa, Lampedusa e Linosa, Lampedusa immigrant reception center, Libya, Mali, Mediterranean Sea, Niger, North Africa, Operation Mare Nostrum, Tripoli, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugeessmbale

A spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says some 300 people are feared dead in the biggest migrant tragedy since the EU took over from Italy’s search and rescue mission.

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