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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 433

migrant ships

Illustrative: A migrant boat in Mediterranean waters east of Cape Greco in southeastern Cyprus in August 2023 (Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JCC) / AFP)
September 23, 2023, 5:33 pm
Lebanon rescues Syrians in sinking migrant boat
Authorities say they rescued 27 people aboard a vessel that was going down off the country’s coast
By AFP
Survivors of a migrant shipwreck sit at a warehouse at the port in Kalamata town, about 240 kilometers (150 miles) southwest of Athens, Greece, June 14, 2023. (www.argolikeseidhseis.gr via AP)
June 14, 2023, 6:57 pm
At least 78 killed, dozens feared missing after migrant boat sinks in Mediterranean
Greek authorities says 104 rescued so far after fishing vessel capsizes off coast of Peloponnese Peninsula, in worst such disaster this year
By Derek Gatopoulos
Rescuers stand on a Lebanese shore, as they wait to receive from the Syrian Red Crescent several victims of those who were on a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon that sank in Syrian waters, at Arida border crossing point between Lebanon and Syria, north Lebanon, September 23, 2022. (AP/Bilal Hussein)
September 23, 2022, 9:49 pm
At least 77 dead as Lebanese migrant boat sinks off Syrian coast
Up to 120 Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese thought to have been on vessel heading to Europe as masses flee deepening economic crisis; authorities raid suspected smugglers
By FAY ABUELGASIM and BILAL HUSSEIN
Illustrative: This photo provided by the Hellenic Coast Guard and taken from a vessel shows a ship with migrants near the southern island of Crete, Greece, on October 29, 2021. (Hellenic Coast Guard via AP)
August 10, 2022, 2:15 pm
Around 50 missing after migrant boat sinks near Greek island
Greek rescue effort hampered by strong winds; passengers were traveling from Turkey to Italy on shipwrecked vessel
By AFP
Medics wait on the pier as soldiers search for survivors off the coast of the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on April 24, 2022, after an overloaded migrant boat capsized off north Lebanon during a chase by naval forces. (Fathi AL-MASRI / AFP)
April 24, 2022, 7:10 pm
At least 6, including little girl, dead after migrant ship capsizes off Lebanon
Accident not the first of its kind for crisis-hit country, as growing number attempt escape by sea to better future, given rising poverty and unemployment rates
By Ibrahim Chalhoub and Hashem Osseiran
Illustrative: A wooden boat with 28 refugees from Africa and Magreb is rescued by Open Arms NGO, some 45 nautical miles away from the Libyan coast in the Mediterranean Sea, March 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Andoni Lubaki)
April 3, 2022, 4:22 pm
More than 90 Libyan migrants drown in Mediterranean, says aid group
Oil tanker rescues four people from North Africa but returns them to Libya, according to Doctors Without Borders
By Samy Magdy
Migrants stand on the deck of the Italian Coast Guard ship Diciotti, moored at the Catania harbor, Aug. 21, 2018 (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli)
August 25, 2018, 2:23 pm
UN refugee agency urges end to Italy migrant standoff
High Commissioner for Refugees calls on EU countries to ‘do the right thing and offer places of asylum for people in their time of need’
By AP
African migrants rescued from a ship off the coast of Zuwara, about 130 kilometers west of the Libyan capital Tripoli, sit at the dock at the capital's naval base on June 18, 2018. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Turkia)
June 22, 2018, 7:00 pm
UN says over 1,000 migrants drowned in Mediterranean in 2018
Release of figures comes after some 220 people died this week in Libyan waters in three separate incidents
By AFP
Migrants reach out for floatation vests waiting to board the MV Aquarius, as 193 people and two corpses are recovered Friday Jan. 13, 2017, from international waters in the Mediterranean Sea about 22 miles (35 Km) north of Sabrata, Libya. (AP Photo/Sima Diab)
May 7, 2017, 3:27 am
6,000 migrants rescued in Mediterranean in two days
Authorities in Italy see a 30% rise in number of Africans seeking to flee to Europe through Libya compared to last year
By AFP
This photo taken on April 20, 2015 shows two men, identified as Mohammed Ali Malek (2nd L), one of the survivors and understood to be the captain of the boat that overturned off the coasts of Libya, and a man identified as Mahmud Bikhit (2nd R), another survivor and understood to be a crew member of the boat, standing onboard the Italian Coast Guard vessel Bruno Gregoretti at Boiler Wharf, Senglea, in Malta. (AFP PHOTO / ALBERTO PIZZOLI)
December 13, 2016, 4:46 pm
Italy jails ‘captain’ for migrant disaster that killed 900
Court charges Tunisian with manslaughter, human trafficking and capsizing boat with people ‘packed in like on trains for Auschwitz’
By Alessio Tricani and Ella Ide
This file photo taken on May 24, 2016 shows African refugees waiting on a rubber boat to be rescued during an operation at sea, on May 24, 2016. (AFP/Gabriel Bouys)
November 15, 2016, 10:43 pm
100 feared dead after migrant boat capsizes in Mediterranean
Latest tragedy brings migrant death toll to over 4,270 this year, a grim record
By Angus Mackinnon
Migrants wait to be rescued as they drift in the Mediterranean Sea some 20 nautical miles north off the coast of Libya on October 3, 2016. (AFP/Aris Messinis)
October 4, 2016, 11:15 pm
1,800 migrants rescued off Libyan coast
Italian coastguard coordinating efforts to aid overloaded vessels making perilous Mediterranean crossing towards Europe
By AFP
Italian Coast Guard ship Bruno Gregoretti, carrying survivors of the boat that overturned off the coasts of Libya Saturday, arrives at Catania Harbor, Italy, Monday, April 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Carmelo Imbesi)
September 15, 2016, 4:33 pm
UN says 235,000 migrants ready to flee Libya for Italy
Country in turmoil since 2011 civil war; lists of people waiting for chance to leave via dangerous Mediterranean crossing
By AFP
In this photo taken in the Mediterranean Sea, off the Libyan coast, Friday, May 27, 2016 rescuers help migrants to board the Italian Navy ship Vega, after the boat they were aboard sunk.(Raffaele Martino/Marina Militare via AP Photo)
May 29, 2016, 4:54 pm
Up to 700 migrants feared dead in Mediterranean this week
UN refugee agency says 3 smuggling ships carrying migrants trying to reach Europe have capsized off Italy’s southern coast
By Sarah El Deeb
People jump off a boat moments before it overturns off the Libyan coast, Wednesday, May 25, 2016. (Marina Militare via AP)
May 29, 2016, 6:30 am
Italian, Irish, German ships save 668 migrants at sea
Staggering 13,000 people, desperately trying to reach Europe, pulled from the sea in a single week
By Frances D'Emilio
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