Illegal Migration
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Trump tells Trudeau:
Canada to become 51st US state if it doesn’t stop migration
TEHRAN, Dec. 03 (MNA) – US President-elect Trump has threatened during a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister that the country could become the 51st US state if Ottawa fails to solve the problem of illegal migration and drug trafficking.
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13 Sudanese migrants killed after boat capsizes off Tunisia
TEHRAN, Feb. 08 (MNA) – The bodies of 13 Sudanese migrants have been recovered and 27 others are missing after a boat sank on Wednesday off the coast of Tunisia having set off from Sfax, a Tunisian judicial official said on Thursday.
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40 illegal migrants missing as boat sinks off SE Tunisia
TEHRAN, Jan. 17 (MNA) – At least 40 illegal migrants have gone missing after their boat sank off Tunisia's southeastern coast, the Tunisian National Guard said Tuesday in a statement.
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Turkey rescues 28 irregular migrants in Aegean Sea
TEHRAN, Dec. 25 (MNA) – The Turkish Coast Guard announced Sunday that it rescued 28 irregular migrants in the Aegean Sea.
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Interior minister:
All illegal migrants should return to their homelands
TEHRAN, Dec. 08 (MNA) – Iran’s Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi has said all illegal migrants must leave Iran and return to their homelands.
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IOM:
163 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast in past week
TEHRAN, Nov. 27 (MNA) – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Monday said 163 illegal migrants were rescued off the coast of Libya in the past week.
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7 killed, 16 injured in migrant van crash in Germany
TEHRAN, Oct. 14 (MNA) – A van packed with migrants crashed at a highway junction in southern Germany on Friday after the driver accelerated to avoid a police check, killing seven people and injuring 16, authorities said.
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22 migrants die in boat sinking off Madagascar: authorities
TEHRAN, Mar. 13 (MNA) – At least 22 migrants died when their boat sank off the coast of Madagascar over the weekend, the island nation's maritime authorities said on Monday.
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8 killed, 37 rescued from river at US-Mexico border crossing
TEHRAN, Sep. 03 (MNA) – Eight migrants died and 37 were rescued as they tried to cross the rain-swollen Rio Grande River into the United States near Eagle Pass, Texas, US customs officials said on Friday.
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5 die, 16 missing as migrants boat sinks off Libya
TEHRAN, Aug. 30 (MNA) – Five migrants died and 16 went missing after their boat sank off the coast of eastern Libya while attempting to reach Europe, authorities said on Tuesday.
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At least 12 killed as migrant boat crashes off Tunisian coast
TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA) – The crash of four boats with migrants off the coast of Tunisia has claimed the lives of at least 12 people.
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28 migrants found dead on Libyan coast
TEHRAN, Dec. 27 (MNA) – The bodies of 28 migrants have washed up on Libya's western coast after their boat sunk, a security official said Sunday, the latest tragedy on the world's deadliest migration route.
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Putin says West 'cause of migrant crisis on Belarus border'
TEHRAN, Nov. 14 (MNA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that Western countries, rather than Belarus, were ultimately responsible for a migrant crisis on the Belarus-Poland border, pointing to wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.