Nine arrested over capsized migrant boat, as Greek authorities criticized for failure to respond
Nine crew members have been arrested for people smuggling after a packed vessel sank in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, killing dozens of people, as human rights campaigners accused Greek authorities of neglecting those on board.
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Emotional reunion amid despair as Greece searches for shipwreck survivors
By Lefteris Papadimas, Karolina Tagaris KALAMATA, Greece (Reuters) -A Syrian teenager who survived a shipwreck that killed at least 78
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Greece boat disaster: Officials deny coastguard rope led to migrant tragedy
A series of reports suggest the migrant boat went down after it was tied to a coastguard vessel.
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Relatives searching for loved ones after Greek migrant boat disaster, as hundreds more feared dead
Kassem Abozeed had arrived in Kalamata to try to find his wife and brother-in-law, as relatives poured into the Greek port city on Thursday, searching for their loved ones missing after a migrant boat sank off the coast, killing dozens of people.
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Greece boat disaster: Capsized boat had 100 children in hold - reports
Survivors from a fishing boat that sank off Greece say as many as 750 people may have been on board.
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Los Angeles nonprofits assist as Texas sends dozens of migrants to California by bus
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced that some migrants in the state have been sent by bus to Los Angeles and arrived on Wednesday evening, marking the state's latest push against federal border immigration policies that has been decried by critics as a stunt.
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Greece hunts for survivors of migrant shipwreck
KALAMATA, Greece (Reuters) -Rescuers were scouring the seas off Greece on Thursday in a massive search operation as hopes dwindled
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At least 79 drown, countless missing in migrant shipwreck off Greece
By Karolina Tagaris and Stamos Prousalis KALAMATA, Greece (Reuters) -At least 79 migrants drowned early on Wednesday and hundreds more
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Dozens drown after migrant boat sinks off Greek coast
At least 59 migrants have drowned after their fishing boat sank off the Greek coast in the early hours of Wednesday, Greece's Coast Guard said.
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At least 32 dead as migrant boat capsizes off Greece
At least 32 people have drowned after their fishing vessel capsized off the coast of southern Greece.
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Channel migrants: More than 600 people cross in one day
The Home Office says 616 people crossed the Channel on Sunday - the highest daily number this year.
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UK immigration: No clear case for routinely accepting Albania asylum claims - MPs
But more needs to be done to support the Albanian victims of people smuggling, a report finds.
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