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SIXTY-FOUR DEAD AFTER DINGHY SINKS IN MEDITERRANEAN


Sixty-four people have died after an overcrowded rubber dinghy launched from Libya sank in the Mediterranean, the International Organisation for Migration IOM has said... READ MORE

8th January, 2018 1554

POPE FRANCIS HIGHLIGHTS PLIGHT OF REFUGEES IN 2018 NEW YEAR'S ADDRESS


Pope Francis highlights plight of refugees in New Year's address... READ MORE

1st January, 2018 158

26 TEENAGE WOMEN WERE FOUND DEAD AT SEA. ITALIAN OFFICIALS WONDER IF THEY WERE KILLED.


The bodies of 26 migrant teenage women were discovered in the Mediterranean Sea Sunday... READ MORE

7th November, 2017 10530

Trending News Headlines : Mediterranean

FAR RIGHT RAISES ?50,000 TO TARGET BOATS ON REFUGEE RESCUE MISSIONS IN MED


Far-right activists are planning a sea campaign this summer to disrupt vessels saving refugees in the Mediterranean, after successfully intercepting a rescue mission last month... READ MORE

4th June, 2017 45806

2016: THE YEAR THE WORLD STOPPED CARING ABOUT REFUGEES


Deportations of Afghan refugees from Pakistan swelled this year, with 100,000 repatriated in September alone... READ MORE

29th December, 2016 8835

2016 IS THE DEADLIEST YEAR FOR MEDITERRANEAN MIGRANT CROSSING


And all across Europe, refugees from Syria are claiming asylum... READ MORE

27th October, 2016 6700

NEARLY 100 REFUGEES MISSING AFTER BOAT SINKS OFF LIBYA


Nearly 100 people are missing after a boat packed with refugees and migrants sank off the Libyan coast, killing at least eight, according to the Italian coastguard... READ MORE

15th January, 2017 5620

ANCIENT SHELLFISH USED FOR PURPLE DYE VANISHES FROM EASTERN MED


Rilov said coastal waters were a potential hotspot for species collapse and present-day surveys had failed to find 38 of 59 mollusc species once common on Levant reefs... READ MORE

5th December, 2016 5034

ALMOST 100 MISSING FROM WRECKED MIGRANT BOAT OFF LIBYA


Ayoub Gassim, a Navy spokesman in Tripoli, said a survivor reported that 126 people set off Wednesday from Garabulli in northwest Libya, The Guardian reported... READ MORE

27th October, 2016 4294

US WARNS SYRIA OVER 'POTENTIAL' PLAN FOR CHEMICAL ATTACK


If, however, Mr Assad conducts another mass murder attack using chemical weapons, he and his military will pay a heavy price... READ MORE

27th June, 2017 3676

DROWNED BABY PICTURE CAPTURES WEEK OF TRAGEDY IN MEDITERRANEAN


Little is known about the child, who according to Sea-Watch was immediately handed over to the Italian navy... READ MORE

30th May, 2016 2775

OMINOUS NEWS FOR ALEPPO AS RUSSIAN FRIGATE REACHES SYRIAN COAST


Three Russian submarines from Russia's northern fleet capable of firing Kalibr missiles are also reported to have arrived in the Mediterranean... READ MORE

5th November, 2016 2576

EDITORIAL LOST VOICES OF THE WORLDS REFUGEES


In the many conferences and diplomatic discussions about refugees, their own voices are rarely heard... READ MORE

15th June, 2015 2502

180 MISSING PEOPLE PRESUMED DEAD AFTER SHIPWRECK


East African survivors from latest disaster off Libyan coast recount harrowing details from Saturday's sinking... READ MORE

17th January, 2017 2000

MIGRANT DEATH TOLL PASSES 5,000 AFTER TWO BOATS CAPSIZE OFF ITALY


The number of people who have lost their lives on the Mediterranean this year has now passed 5,000, he said... READ MORE

24th December, 2016 1586

AT LEAST 43 DEAD AFTER MIGRANT BOAT CAPSIZES NEAR EGYPT


The number of migrants attempting to cross from Egypt to Europe has increased sharply in the past year, according to the European Union border agency Frontex... READ MORE

21st September, 2016 910

ANALYSIS | OVER 1,000 MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES HAVE DIED CROSSING THE MEDITERRANEAN SO FAR THIS YEAR


According to the International Organization for Migration, 1,089 migrants are believed to have died while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea since Jan. 1... READ MORE

25th April, 2017 898

EGYPT SHIPWRECK: FOUR ARRESTED, 'DEATH TOLL 'TO RISE'


READ MORE The refugee crisis beyond Europe The Egyptian military said the boat was 12 nautical miles off the coastal town of Rosetta when it capsized... READ MORE

22nd September, 2016 717

MEDITERRANEAN SEA CROSSINGS HAVE BEEN THREE TIMES DEADLIER THIS YEAR THAN LAST. WHY?


Mediterranean Sea crossings have been three times deadlier this year than last. Why?... READ MORE

25th October, 2016 561

240 MIGRANTS DEAD IN 2 MEDITERRANEAN SHIPWRECKS, UN SAYS


The deaths bring this year's toll to more than 4,220 migrants dead or missing in risky Mediterranean Sea crossings, the highest count on record... READ MORE

4th November, 2016 526

CAPSIZED BOAT HORROR CAUGHT ON CAMERA


The deadly capsizing of a migrant boat in the Mediterranean has been caught on camera by the Italian navy as it rescued 562 people... READ MORE

26th May, 2016 473

MORE THAN 6,000 MIGRANTS RESCUED IN MEDITERRANEAN AMID SURGE ON DANGEROUS SEA ROUTE


Europe also said it would help fund refugee camps in Libya and assist migrants who want to return to their home nations... READ MORE

22nd March, 2017 365

AT LEAST 300 MIGRANTS DEAD OR MISSING IN MEDITERRANEAN CROSSING


At least 200 migrants have died trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea, the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR said Wednesday... READ MORE

11th February, 2015 284

EGYPT MIGRANT BOAT DEATH TOLL RISES TO 148


The number dead in a migrant boat disaster off Egypt's coast climbed to 148 on Friday as rescuers recovered more bodies from the Mediterranean... READ MORE

23rd September, 2016 212

DEATH TOLL FOR MIGRANTS CROSSING MEDITERRANEAN PASSES 2,000


More than 2,000 migrants have lost their lives trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe so far this year... READ MORE

5th August, 2015 179

400 MIGRANTS SAVED OFF COAST OF LIBYA, AS 14 DROWN NEAR LESBOS


Hms enterprise saves 400 migrants off the coast of libya as 14 refugees including a five-year-old girl drown in the sea near the greek island of lesbos... READ MORE

19th September, 2015 127

162 BODIES RETRIEVED AFTER MIGRANT BOAT CAPSIZES OFF EGYPT


Wahdan el-Sayyed, the spokesman of the Nile Delta province of Beheira, provided the latest figures and told The Associated Press that the search operation was ongoing... READ MORE

23rd September, 2016 92

MIGRANT FLOW TO ITALY SHRINKS AS GOVERNMENT IN ROME CRACKS DOWN


Analysts attribute the drop to both the increased activity of the Libyan coast guard and a stretch of bad weather in the Mediterranean starting in mid-July... READ MORE

16th August, 2017 87

MIGRANT BOAT CAPSIZES IN NEAR CRETE GREEK COAST GUARD RESCUES HUNDREDS


The coast guard described the half-submerged vessel as a large fishing boat of about 25 to 30 meters 82 to 98 feet in length... READ MORE

3rd June, 2016 83

MEDITERRANEAN REFUGEE SHIP TO HELP MYANMAR'S FLEEING ROHINGYA


Ship that rescued migrants in Mediterranean to help Rohingya... READ MORE

5th September, 2017 80

FRENCH VESSEL DETECTS SIGNALS LIKELY FROM EGYPTAIR JET BLACK BOX


Investigators are searching in some of the deepest waters of the Mediterranean for flight recorders from the Airbus A320 which crashed on May 19, killing 66 people... READ MORE

1st June, 2016 73

BODIES OF 120 REFUGEES FOUND ON LIBYA SHORES IN 10 DAYS


At least 3,034 refugees have died en route to Europe so far in 2016, a sharp increase from last year, says the IOM... READ MORE

2nd August, 2016 71

HUNDREDS FEARED DROWNED AS BOAT CAPSIZES AFTER LEAVING LIBYA


People know the dangers when they board these boats yet our teams have rescued children as young as two months old from the Med... READ MORE

6th August, 2015 55


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