Migrants
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EU-Turkey deal is reckless and illegal, halt refugee returns to Turkey: Amnesty International tells EU
World | June 03, 2016 17:23 ISTIstanbul: Amnesty International on Friday said that the European Union (EU) must immediately halt plans to return asylum-seekers to Turkey on the false pretence that it is a “safe country” for refugees. The rights group
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Mediterranean Sea disasters swallow up over 1,000 migrants
World | May 31, 2016 23:25 ISTThe treacherous Mediterranean Sea crossing from Libya to Italy has claimed the lives of over 1,030 migrants in the last week
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More than 4,000 migrants rescued off Libya: Italian coast guard
World | May 27, 2016 7:11 ISTRome:Some 4,100 people were rescued off the Libyan coasts on Thursday, Italian officials said. Overall, 22 operations were carried out to assist migrants and refugees sailing aboard overcrowded crafts in the Strait of Sicily, between
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Over 400 migrants feared dead in Mediterranean
World | April 19, 2016 9:40 ISTRome: Over 400 migrants were believed to have drowned in the Mediterranean on Monday after four boats capsized and another began to sink, according to reports. BBC Arabic cited Egyptian reports as saying over 400
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EU, Turkey seal ‘historic’ deal to return migrants
World | March 19, 2016 9:18 ISTBrussels:European Union and Turkish leaders celebrated a “historic day” after sealing a widely-criticized pact to send thousands of asylum-seekers back to Turkey — a deal that will cost millions and require the rapid dispatch of
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Germany demands EU partners share burden of migrant influx
World | September 07, 2015 16:19 ISTBerlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel, reflecting on "a moving, in some parts breathtaking weekend behind us," said Monday that all EU countries could help to accommodate the human tide from the Middle East and Africa.French
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400 migrants saved from wreck off Libya, 25 bodies found
World | August 05, 2015 22:28 ISTRome: Some 400 migrants have been rescued and 25 bodies recovered after a fishing boat carrying an estimated 600 capsized on Wednesday in the Mediterranean Sea north of Libya, an Italian Coast Guard official said.Cmdr.
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Italy: At least 10 migrants found dead in sea off Libya
World | May 04, 2015 7:25 ISTRome: Italy's Coast Guard and Navy as well as tugs and other commercial vessels joined forces to rescue migrants in at least 16 boats Sunday, saving hundreds of them and recovering 10 bodies off Libya's
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UN: At least 300 migrants unaccounted in new Italian sea tragedy
World | February 11, 2015 19:21 ISTRome: Survivors of another deadly Mediterranean crossing reported Wednesday that some 300 migrants were unaccounted-for in the frigid open seas, as the U.N. refugee agency and other aid groups sharply criticized the new EU rescue
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No Ebola risk in Italy from migrants
World | September 16, 2014 6:36 ISTRome: Italian Health Minister Beatrice Lorenzin on Monday ruled out that there could be a risk of Ebola coming to Italy from African migrants, as suggested by some media reports in the past weeks.Speaking on
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Boat carrying 100 migrants capsizes off Libya
World | August 31, 2014 20:01 ISTTripoli (Libya): A boat carrying more than 100 migrants capsized off the coast near the Libyan capital, a coast guard official said Sunday.Abdel-Latif Mohammed said the coast guard found the damaged rubber boat off the
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Comment on migrants taken out of context for political gain: Vijay Goel
India | August 02, 2014 7:29 ISTNew Delhi: Under attack for his comments on inflow of migrants into Delhi, city BJP leader Vijay Goel yesterday said his remarks were taken out of context for political gains as he had only suggested
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Top 10 migrants who became famous in India
India | September 16, 2014 9:38 ISTNew Delhi: Post independence, the nation was going through a lot of chaos and turmoil. A lot of migration was happening especially after the partion of undivided India.Here is a list of people who had
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Delhi Polls: BJP shows empathy to migrants, promises commission for welfare
India | November 30, 2013 8:26 ISTNew Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh on Friday said that Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has time and again insulted the migrants from Poorvanchal and Uttarakhand by describing them as burden on the
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11 migrants trying to sneak into Iran killed in Balochistan
World | December 22, 2012 10:10 ISTQuetta, Dec 22: At least eleven people, including six Pakistanis and five Afghan nationals were killed near Iran-Pakistan border in Balochistan's Gwadar region while trying to illegally cross into neighbouring Iran in three vehicles ,
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'Will stand by whatever they decide,' says Fadnavis after NCP pitches Sunetra Pawar for deputy CM
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Sunetra Pawar to be sworn in as Maharashtra Deputy CM tomorrow: Sources
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Bengaluru woman gets 50 stitches after being mauled by neighbour's dog; brutal attack caught on CCTV
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Harmanpreet Kaur's heroics goes in vain, Gujarat Giants push Mumbai Indians to brink in WPL 2026
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