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<title><![CDATA[A record 107,500 people reach Yemen in 2012 after risky sea crossing]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Some 84,000 of the arrivals were Ethiopians, while Somali refugees constituted the rest. Many migrants use Yemen as a stop en route to states in the Persian Gulf.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Record number of African refugees and migrants cross the Gulf of Aden in 2012]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A record 107,500 African refugees and migrants made the dangerous journey from the Horn of Africa to Yemen in 2012. This is the largest influx into Yemen since 2006 when UNHCR began compiling these statistics....]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Boat tragedy off Mayotte - confirmed deaths, missing]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Six people are confirmed drowned and ten are still missing after a small vessel carrying 24 people capsized in the early hours of Monday off the French territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean. This is...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 9 Oct 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific region takes joint actions to tackle mixed migration]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Bali Process co-chairs Australia and Indonesia have launched the Regional Support Office in Bangkok to facilitate regional cooperation on refugee protection and international migration.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Yemen arrivals increase as Horn of Africa mixed migration hits all-time highs]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The flow of refugees and migrants from the Horn of Africa across the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea towards Yemen continues to exceed previous records. In the first seven of 2012, more than 63,800 people...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[More people are risking lives in the Caribbean to reach safety]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR is very concerned by the loss of life we are seeing in maritime incidents in the Caribbean among people trying to escape difficult conditions in Haiti.
On Tuesday July 10, a woman drowned when a...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[More than 60 rescued at sea in southern Adriatic]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR welcomes the prompt and efficient action of the Croatian Coast Guard yesterday (2nd July) in rescuing 65 people adrift on a boat in the Adriatic. The boat was spotted drifting off the Croatian island...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 3 Jul 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Boat tragedy off Indian Ocean island of Mayotte]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[More than 20 people are dead or missing after a small motorized boat carrying around 40 people sank on Saturday off the French territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean. The boat had set sail from the island...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Boat tragedy off Indian Ocean island highlights dangers of irregular migration]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Twenty people died or are missing after a small motorized boat sank off the French territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean. Nineteen people were rescued.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mixed migration flow from the Horn of Africa reaches new record levels]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A record number of African refugees and migrants are arriving in Yemen this year. More than 43,000 people reached Yemen's shores in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea in the first four months of 2012 alone....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Award-winning film exposes the drama of mixed migration in the Mediterranean ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A special screening in France of an award-winning film highlights the conflict between traditional values and the combat against irregular immigration.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[More than 1,500 drown or go missing trying to cross the Mediterranean in 2011 

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<description><![CDATA[UNHCR figures also show that a record 58,000 irregular migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees managed to make it to Europe by sea last year. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Record number of African refugees and migrants cross the Gulf of Aden in 2011]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Despite growing instability and a worsening security in Yemen, a record 103,000 refugees, asylum seekers and migrants from the Horn of Africa made the perilous journey across the Gulf of Aden and the Red...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A record 103,000 refugees and migrants cross the high seas to Yemen in 2011]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Among those who attempted the crossing, more than 130 are known to have drowned. Most of the new arrivals reach Yemen in desperate condition.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mixed maritime migration to Yemen reaches record annual high ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[More than 12,500 refugees and migrants arrived in Yemen on smuggler boats last month, pushing the total for this year to a record 84,656.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mixed migration between Horn of Africa and Yemen reaches record high
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<description><![CDATA[The number of refugees and migrants arriving in Yemen by boat was 12,545 last month - the highest monthly total since UNHCR began compiling data about the mixed migration route between the Horn of Africa...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hundreds of new arrivals in Italy from Libya and Tunisia]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Almost 2,000 people arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa over the weekend from Libya and Tunisia. The majority, some 1,800, set sail from Janzour, 12 kilometers west of Tripoli, Libya, where they...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[1 Family Torn Apart: Somali mother's dream life turns into nightmare]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Farhiya left her children in Mogadishu to seek work in Yemen. She soon realised the dream life she imagined was in fact a nightmare of exploitation and hardship.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tunisians save hundreds as another Lampedusa-bound boat capsizes]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[At least 150 people have drowned and scores remain missing following a boat capsizing off the Tunisian coast on Wednesday afternoon. This appears to be one of the worst and the deadliest incidents in the...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 3 Jun 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[At least 150 drown as yet another Lampedusa-bound boat capsizes]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The Tunisian navy and coast guard have rescued nearly 600 others who left Libya in hope of reaching the Italian island of Lampedusa.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 3 Jun 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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