Migrant Crisis
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At least 20 migrants missing after boat sinks off Tunisia
TEHRAN, Apr. 08 (MNA) –At least 20 African migrants were missing on Saturday after their boat sank off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy.
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30 migrants missing, 17 rescued in shipwreck off Libya
TEHRAN, Mar. 13 (MNA) – Thirty people are missing and 17 were rescued in the central Mediterranean on Sunday after the boat in which they were travelling from Libya capsized in bad weather, Italy's coastguard said.
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Death toll in Italian coast boat wreck rises to 59
TEHRAN, Feb. 27 (MNA) – A wooden sailing boat, believed to be carrying more than 100 migrants, broke apart off the southern Italian coast, killing at least 59 people, including 12 children, local authorities have said.
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40 dead as migrant boat breaks apart off Italy
TEHRAN, Feb. 26 (MNA) – The Italian coast guard has spotted about 40 bodies after a migrant boat broke apart in rough seas off the southern coast of Italy’s mainland, media reported on Sunday.
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Dozens of migrants missing after boat sinks off Greek island
TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) – Greece rescued nine migrants and was searching for dozens of others believed to be missing after their boat sank off the island of Evia early on Tuesday, the coast guard said.
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Man attacks UK border force center, kills himself
TEHRAN, Oct. 30 (MNA) – A man threw petrol bombs attached with fireworks at a centre for processing migrants in the southern English port of Dover on Sunday and then killed himself.
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46 people found dead inside tractor-trailer in San Antonio
TEHRAN, Jun. 28 (MNA) – Forty-six people were found dead and 16 others were taken to hospitals after a tractor-trailer rig containing suspected migrants was found Monday on a remote back road in southwest San Antonio, officials said.
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1 died, 26 missing after dinghy capsizes off Canary Islands
TEHRAN, Apr. 26 (MNA) – One migrant died and 26 were missing after their dinghy capsized in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Spain's Canary Islands, the Spanish Coast Guard told news sources on Tuesday.
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Russia nuclear-capable bombers fly over Belarus
TEHRAN, Nov. 10 (MNA) – Amid rising tensions between Belarus and Poland over the migrant crisis on the border, two Russian Tupolev Tu-22M3 bombers flew over Belarus.
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Four drown after boat capsized in Aegean Sea: Report
TEHRAN, Oct. 27 (MNA) – Four people, including three children, have drowned after a dinghy carrying them and 23 others sank while it was crossing from Turkey to Greece, according to the Greek coastguard.
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Mass expulsion of Haitian migrants from Texas continues
TEHRAN, Sep. 20 (MNA) – The United States forcibly flew out hundreds of mostly Haitian migrants on the border between Texas and Mexico and plans to expel about 12,000 more over the next week.
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At least 57 migrants drown off Libyan coast: Report
TEHRAN, Jul. 27 (MNA) – At least 57 irregular migrants drowned in a shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Monday.
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Lara Trump urges Americans to get guns against migrants
TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) – Former President Donald Trump's daughter-in-law Lara Trump urges Americans living near to the southern border to 'arm up, get guns' and prepare to 'take matters into their own hands' against migrants.
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At least 172 migrants drowned in central Mediterranean Sea
TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA) – At least 172 people are believed to have drowned in three different shipwrecks in the central Mediterranean Sea, and the number of drowning in the world's deadliest crossing has more than doubled this year.
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VIDEO: Greek police clash with migrants at Turkish border
TEHRAN, Mar. 07 (MNA) – Greek police fired tear gas and water cannons at migrants on the Turkish side of the border while migrants threw stones and tried to pull down the fence with ropes.