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Some 115 migrants rescued from truck in eastern Mexico

PoliceintheeasternMexicanstateofVeracruzhaverescued115migrants,including41minors,travelingin"indeplorableconditions"inatruck,astateofficialsaidonSunday.Themigra

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Migrant crisis: Spain rescues 600 people in busiest day

Spain'scoastguardsaysithasrescued600migrantscrossingfromMoroccoina24-hourperiodamidaspikeinthenumberofmigrantarrivals.Therescuedmigrantswerein15vesselsincluding

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55 more migrants feared dead after being forced from boat off Yemen

Five migrants have died and more than 50 others went missing after smugglers forced them from a boat off the coast of Yemen in the second such drowning in two days, the UN migration agency said on Thursday.

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55 more migrants feared dead after being forced from boat off Yemen

Fivemigrantshavediedandmorethan50otherswentmissingaftersmugglersforcedthemfromaboatoffthecoastofYemeninthesecondsuchdrowningintwodays,theUNmigrationagencysaidon

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8 migrants found dead at sea off Libya's coast

ThebodiesofeightmigrantshavebeenfoundatseaoffthecoastofLibyabyrescuersworkingtohelpstrandedmigrantworkers,theItaliancoastguardsaidonTuesday.Some500survivorsinto

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EU, France aid Africa to stem flow of migrants

TheEuropeanUnionplanstospendmillionsofdollarsincurbingtheflowofmigrantsfromAfrica,withFranceplanningtosetuphotspotsinLibyatoactascentersforprocessingasylumseeke

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13 dead migrants found on boat in Mediterranean

6:45p.m.ASpanishrescuegroupsaysithasfound167migrantsaliveand13dead—includingpregnantwomenandchildren—inarubberboatdriftingintheMediterraneansea.LauraLanuza,aspo

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European and African ministers discuss plan to tackle flow of refugees

EuropeanandAfricanministersaretomeetinTunisonMondaytodiscussaplantotrytoregularisetheflowofrefugeesfromAfricatoEuropetoabout20,000,coupledwithamuchtougherstrate

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Italy drafts code on NGO migrant rescue operations

Italy’snewcodeofconductforhumanitariangroupsthatrescuemigrantsintheMediterraneanwaspublishedbyHuffingtonPost’sItalianeditionandconfirmedbyagovernmentsourceonFri

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Police remove 2,000 refugees and migrants sleeping rough in Paris

Police have moved more than 2,000 refugees and migrants off the streets of Paris, where they had been sleeping rough for weeks in squalid and insanitary conditions.

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Spain warned to prepare as migrant arrivals from North Africa double

The number of migrants crossing from North Africa to Spain has doubled in 2017.

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Africa, EU FMs introduce new migration scheme in Rome

AfricanandEUforeignministershaveagreedonanewschemetomanagemigration,theItalianforeignministryannouncedatthecloseofanItaly-chairedconferencehereonThursday.Partic

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EU unveils action plan for Italy to ease migratory pressure

EuropeanCommissiononTuesdayunveiledanactionplanforItalytoeaseescalatingmigratorypressurefromthecentralMediterraneanroute,includinga46millioneuros(52.2millionU.S

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Italy-Austria tension over border troops at Brenner Pass

Italy has summoned Austria's ambassador after the government in Vienna announced it was ready to deploy border troops to block any migrant influx.

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African Union looking to ensure welfare of migrants

TheAfricanUnionsaidithasbeenworkingwithcountriesthatarepopularmigrantdestinationstomakesurethesenewarrivalsaretreatedwell.Thegroupsaiditwantedtoavoidtheunnecess

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25 migrants found dead on Libya coast: Red Crescent

Thebodiesofatleast25migrantswhodrownedtryingtoreachEuropewerefoundnearTripoliTuesday,theLibyanRedCrescentsaid.SomeofthecorpseswerewashedashoreonabeachneartheLib

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Over 400 migrants rescued at sea in Spain in past week

Over 400 migrants have been rescued at sea off the coast of southern Spain in the past week, rescue services said Thursday.