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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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<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[UNHCR Chief Guterres laments loss of life from boat tragedy off Indonesia
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<description><![CDATA[GENEVA, December 19 (UNHCR) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is deeply saddened by the loss of life caused by the sinking of an overcrowded vessel off Java, Indonesia, on Saturday, 17...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Hundreds risk return to Libya in bid to reach Europe by boat

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<description><![CDATA[The UN refugee agency says that among those crossing back into Libya are refugees, including Somalis, Ethiopians and Eritreans in a Tunisian camp. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Death on the Mediterranean

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<description><![CDATA[A young ethnic Oromo man from Ethiopia tells of a fateful boat trip that left 63 of his fellow passengers dead after they set off from Libya for an Italian island. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR seeks better rescue mechanisms after Mediterranean drownings

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<description><![CDATA[At least 19 people drown in efforts to escape Libya by boat. UNHCR urges European states to put in place more reliable mechanisms for rescue at sea.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR calls on States to uphold principles of rescue-at-sea and burden sharing
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<description><![CDATA[GENEVA - In light of the massive loss of life in the Mediterranean this week in a refugee boat capsizing, UNHCR is calling on the European Union (EU) to urgently put into place more reliable and effective...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 8 Apr 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR helps Italy cope with high seas influx of thousands of Tunisians]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR helps Italy to manage the dramatic influx of several thousand Tunisians who have crossed to Lampedusa Island and the mainland by boat.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR shocked at loss of life after boat accident off Christmas Island]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Geneva, Wednesday 15 December 2010
The following UNHCR statement can be attributed to UNHCR Spokesperson, Melissa Fleming
We are today expressing our deep shock and sorrow at the tragic loss of lives after...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR saddened at loss of life as boat breaks up on Christmas Island]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR expresses deep shock and sorrow at loss of life after a vessel thought to be carrying asylum-seekers founders on coast of Australia's Christmas Island.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A: Working for refugees on Europe's outer borders ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Michele Simone is UNHCR's liaison officer with Frontex, the body responsible for Europe's external border security. He talks about his work with Frontex.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Q&A: Greece's new immigration policies based on "dangerous generalizations"]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A newspaper interview with the head of UNHCR's office in Athens looks at new policies in Greece aimed at tackling irregular immigration and how this is affecting asylum-seekers.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[French Navy helps rescue boat people, but seven die in Aden accident]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A French naval vessel helps rescue scores of Somalis and Ethiopians, but at least seven of them die when their boat capsizes while trying to dock in Aden.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR worried about conditions for 2,000 boat people on Italian island]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR expresses concern about the conditions faced by nearly 2,000 boat people in a reception centre on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR seeks access to 126 Muslim Rohingya boat people in Thailand]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR asks Thailand for access to detained Muslim Rohingyas in order to assess their situation and see if any are in need of international protection.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR urges Malta to provide medical care for survivors of capsizing]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ Thursday, 28 August 2008 GENEVA - The UN refugee agency urges the Maltese authorities to provide medical care to eight African migrants rescued this week after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Yemen's coast guards rescue boat people; six still missing]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Nearly 160 people have been rescued by Yemen's Coast Guards after their boat broke down in the Gulf of Aden. Six are still missing amid wider fears that smuggling season could be starting earlier and in higher numbers than before.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sicilian trawler and UNHCR help in rescue of 27 Somalians]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Two Sicilian captains due to be honoured on World Refugee Day for saving people at sea were recently involved in the rescue of another 27 boat people.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[More than 200 boat people feared drowned in separate incidents]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[More than 200 boat people die or go missing off Turkey, the Canary Islands and Yemen, highlighting the perils facing migrants and refugees taking to the high seas.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Geneva dialogue supports coherent policy on refugees in migration flows]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR-organized dialogue voices support for a more coherent, comprehensive and integrated approach to ensure the protection of refugees among migrants.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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