Italy rescues hundreds of migrants

Italian authorities say they have rescued more than 2,000 illegal migrants, many from North Africa, off Sicily's coast in the past 48 hours.

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11 years ago

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Italian navy rescues child migrants

The Italian navy rescues nearly 1,000 illegal migrants from the seas off southern Italy inside two days, with 170 minors among them.

 

10 years ago

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Hundreds of migrants rescued in Med

EU naval vessels rescue more than 700 migrants off Sicily, as Africans continue to attempt the perilous crossing from Libya.

 

11 years ago

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Thousand migrants rescued off Italy

Italy's navy rescues 1,123 people from inflatable boats south-east of Lampedusa in one day, while seven migrants die trying to reach Spain.

 

10 years ago

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Migrants camp on France-Italy border

About 200 migrants, mostly Africans, are having to sleep rough at Ventimiglia on the France-Italy border as French police keep them out.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

24 Aug

3,000 migrants rescued off Italy coast in single day, tensions rise

Coastguard said its patrol boats had boarded just under 1,000 people from various unseaworthy boats

 

10 years ago

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Chad army 'rescues 85 Nigerians'

Chadian troops rescue some 85 Nigerian villagers who were abducted earlier this week by suspected Boko Haram militants, reports say.

 

10 years ago

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Nigerian army 'rescues nearly 300'

Nigeria's army says it has rescued 200 girls and 93 women but has not confirmed whether the schoolgirls abducted from Chibok are among them.

 

11 years ago

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Kenya army rescues aid workers

Two aid workers are rescued by the Kenyan army after three years in the hands of Somali militant group al-Shabab, the military says.

 

10 years ago

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Record dive rescues sunken treasure

The deepest salvage operation in history rescues a treasure trove of silver coins, sunk by a German U-boat in 1942 off the Namibian coast.

 

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