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More than 40 refugees found dead in Niger Sahara desert
Jun 01, 2017 15:30The bodies of dozens of refugees, including women and children, have been found in Niger’s Sahara Desert, where they were apparently abandoned by smugglers en route to Libya and eventually Europe.
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Refugee detainees sue Australian government
May 29, 2017 04:16The Australian government has been sued over the detention of immigrants in a case due to be heard in the largest ever trial of its kind this week.
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31 refugees die when overcrowded vessel capsizes off Libya
May 24, 2017 15:01At least 31 refugees have died in an incident where they fell off an overcrowded vessel off the coast of Libya in the Mediterranean Sea.
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5,000 refugees rescued in 48 hours off Libya’s shores
May 20, 2017 17:55Some 5,000 refugees bound for Italy have been rescued in waters off the coast of Libya between Thursday and Saturday morning by Italian and Libyan coastguards, statements from both countries say.
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Italy rescues 480 migrants, recovers seven bodies
May 14, 2017 09:09Over 480 asylum seekers and refugees were rescued in the Mediterranean as they attempted the perilous crossing from North Africa, with seven bodies also recovered, Italy's coastguard said.
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UNHCR says about 250 feared dead in Mediterranean shipwrecks
May 09, 2017 14:14The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says nearly 250 people are missing and feared dead following two shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea in recent days.
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French police evict refugees from Paris tent camp
May 09, 2017 10:34Police in France have evacuated about 1,000 refugees, mostly Afghans and Sudanese, from a tent camp in northeast Paris.
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Italy ‘rescues 6,000 refugees in two days’
May 07, 2017 12:34The Italian coastguard says it has rescued some 6,000 refugees, who were crossing the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe, in two days.
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15 drown as refugee boat sinks off Greece’s Lesbos
Apr 24, 2017 11:10Greece's coastguard says at least 15 people, including children, have died in a suspected refugee boat sinking off the Aegean island of Lesbos.
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2017 refugee death toll in Mediterranean surpasses 1,000: UN
Apr 22, 2017 05:48Around 100 refugees have drowned in the Mediterranean according to shipwreck survivors, raising the death toll for the perilous crossing to Italy to over 1,000 victims in 2017, the UN’s refugee agency said Friday.