Italy: Record 10,000 Migrants Rescued in Two Days
Between Monday and Tuesday, a record number of over ten thousand mostly African migrants were rescued in the Strait of Sicily and brought to Italy, bringing the year’s total to over 142,000.
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‘Hundreds Still Missing’ in Massive Migrant Shipwreck off Crete
In one of this year’s worst Mediterranean Sea disasters, more than 700 migrants were aboard a vessel that capsized off the coast of the Greek Island of Crete late Thursday, and despite rescue operations that managed to save 340 lives, hundreds are still missing.
Migrant Shipwreck Off Libya Leaves 7 Dead, 500 Rescued
In the latest tragedy in the Strait of Sicily an overloaded barge carrying more than 500 migrants capsized off the Libyan coast Wednesday, resulting in the drowning of at least seven of the passengers.
World View: UK Bitterly Sends Troops Back to Afghanistan’s Helmand Province
Contents: UK bitterly sends troops back Afghanistan’s Helmand province; Number of migrants entering Europe this year passes the one million mark
