Jolie, UNHCR head visit island swamped by migrants
June 19, 2011 - 7:00pm
The tiny Italian island of Lampedusa, which has been overwhelmed in recent months by refugees fleeing Tunisia and Libya, is getting some VIP visitors: U.N. envoy Angelina Jolie and the U.N. refugee chief.
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Migrant boat sinks near Italy, over 100 missing
April 6, 2011 - 9:46pm
Over 100 people are missing at sea after a boat carrying refugees from Libya sank in waters near the southern Italian island of Lampedusa early Wednesday.
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Italy tug apparently seized by Libya military
March 21, 2011 - 8:37am
Libyan military officials boarded an Italian tugboat docked at Tripoli's port and threatened to suspend its communications in an apparent seizure, the ship's owner said, as U.S. and European airstrikes enforced a...
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Migration group: 300 drown off Libyan coast
March 31, 2009 - 4:00pm
GENEVA (AP) – Vessels carrying hundreds of migrants capsized off the coast of Libya, with more than 300 people believed to have drowned, an international migration group said Tuesday.
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