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23,000 Lives OTT release: When and where to watch the German drama filmA German drama titled 23,000 Lives will premiere on Netflix this month. This film is inspired by the true story of young volunteers who sav...- Amnesty calls EU complicit in new Libyan crackdown on migrantsAmnesty International has accused the EU of complicity in migrant abuse in Libya, citing intensified crackdowns by rival factions. Mass arr...
- Boat capsizes in the Mediterranean Sea, leaving two babies dead; Several missing or presumed dead as survivors reveal sequence of events; What do we know so farA migrant boat carrying 55 individuals, including two babies, capsized north of Zuwara, Libya, resulting in at least 53 dead or missing. Tw...
- UN agency reports over 8,500 migrants died worldwide last year, a record since tallies began in 2014A record-high number of 8,565 migrants died worldwide in 2023, with the Mediterranean Sea crossing experiencing the largest increase. Most ...
- Tech activists write code to save migrants in the MediterraneanMigrant crossings and deaths are increasing in the Mediterranean. Rescue NGOs are seeking tech tools, such as the One Fleet app and drones,...
- Over 60 drown in a migrant vessel off Libya while trying to reach Europe, UN saysTragedy struck as 61 migrants went missing in a boat sinking off Libya's coast, presumed dead. The vessel, carrying around 86 individuals, ...
- 41 migrants missing after new Mediterranean shipwreckForty-one migrants including three children are feared dead after being shipwrecked last week in the Mediterranean, UN agencies said, citin...
- Dozens saved by Italy from migrant shipwrecks; some, clinging to rocks, plucked to safety by coptersAll 34 migrants who endured two nights on the reef were rescued, said Federico Catania, a spokesperson for the Alpine assistance group whos...
- No trace of boat with 500 migrants, rescue group says after an alarm sparked Mediterranean searchEmergency raised the possibility that the migrants were brought back to Libya, the launching point for many of the smugglers' unseaworthy b...
- Italy estimates 680K migrants might cross sea from LibyaThe International Organization for Migration and humanitarian groups say passengers whose vessels are turned back by the Libyan coast guard...
- Around 60 migrants die in boat wreck off ItalyAt least 59 migrants, including a baby just a few months old, died after their overloaded boat sank early on Sunday in stormy seas off Ital...
- More than 29,000 migrants to Europe died since 2014: reportPushbacks are unlawful according to both international and EU law as they violate the right to seek asylum and a principle prohibiting the ...
- Aid group says over 90 migrants drowned in MediterraneanMSF said the tanker did not respond to its calls not to return the migrants to Libya, where "they will almost certainly face detention, abu...
- 1,600 migrants lost at sea in Mediterranean this yearThe death toll is higher than last year, but by no means unique. The International Organization of Migration estimates that 23,000 people h...
- UN agency: 75 migrants drown in Mediterranean off LibyaMeanwhile, a different coast guard vessel was headed to the port of Porto Empedocle on Saturday evening in Sicily with more than 350 migran...
- More than 50 migrants reported drowned off Tunisia; 33 savedMore than 50 migrants have drowned or disappeared off the coast of Tunisia, while 33 others were rescued by workers from an oil platform, t...
- Rescue boat funded by street artist Banksy evacuated after distress call, 200 migrants moved offThree people had died at sea before the arrival of the Louise Michel.
- More than 2,000 boat migrants rescued off Italy, more deaths fearedAround 14,000 people were taken off often flimsy vessels over the whole week, the UN and the coastguard said, and hundreds may have drowned.
- Over 1 million refugees in Europe in 2015: UNOne million migrants reached Europe by land and sea in 2015 fleeing conflicts and persecution, the UN refugee agency said today.
- Death of migrants in Mediterranean a truly titanic tragedy:Ban Ki Moon"The (deaths) are the result of a continuing failure of governance accompanied by a monumental failure of compassion," he said in a stateme...
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