Italy arrests two over migrant boat

The captain and a crew member of a boat that capsized off Libya on Sunday, killing hundreds of migrants, have been arrested, Italian officials say.

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11 years ago

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Italy finds bodies in migrant boat

The Italian navy finds about 30 bodies in a fishing boat carrying hundreds of migrants between Sicily and the North African coast.

 

10 years ago

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VIDEO: Italy arrests after migrant deaths

Italian police say they have arrested 15 Muslim migrants after they allegedly threw 12 Christians overboard following a row on a boat heading to Italy across the Mediterranean.

 

9 years ago

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'Many bodies' on Libya migrant boat

About 50 people are found dead in the hold of a boat carrying migrants intercepted off the coast of Libya, the Italian coastguard says.

 

10 years ago

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Migrant boat capsizes off Libya

Hundreds of migrants attempting to reach Europe are feared to have drowned after the boat they were on capsized off the coast of Libya.

 

10 years ago

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VIDEO: 'I was rescued from migrant boat'

A 21-year-old student from Eritrea talks about his hopes for the future after being rescued from migrant boat bound for Italy.

 

10 years ago

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Yemen migrant boat sinks killing 70

A boat carrying mostly Ethiopian migrants sinks off Yemen's western coast, killing 70 people, Yemeni officials say.

 

10 years ago

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'Dozens die' as migrant boat sinks

Dozens of migrants have drowned in the Mediterranean after a boat sank south of Sicily, the Save the Children aid group says.

 

10 years ago

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Migrant crisis: Sunken boat 'found'

The Italian navy believes it has found a boat that sank in the Mediterranean in April, killing at least 800 migrants.

 

10 years ago

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Migrant boat sinking 'kills 500'

About 500 migrants are feared drowned after their ship was rammed by another boat near Malta last week, a migration body says.

 

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