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<title><![CDATA[One survivor, 54 die at sea attempting the voyage to Italy from Libya]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[It is with great sadness that UNHCR received the news that 54 people perished attempting the sea journey from Libya to Italy. According to the sole survivor, an Eritrean man, 55 people boarded the boat...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Landmark judgment of the Strasbourg Court on push-backs in the Mediterranean Sea]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[STRASBOURG: The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has today issued a decision concluding that Italy violated the European Convention of Human Rights by intercepting and returning to Libya in...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mediterranean takes record as most deadly stretch of water for refugees and migrants in 2011]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[According to UNHCR estimates, more than 1,500 people drowned or went missing while attempting to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe in 2011. This makes 2011 the deadliest year for this region since...]]></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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<title><![CDATA[Boat tragedy off Moroccan coast, 4 dead, several boats rescued off Maltese, Italian and Libyan coasts

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<description><![CDATA[UNHCR received news late last week of a rescue by the Moroccan Royal Navy of a vessel with more than 60 people. 53 people on board were rescued while four were found to have died. The boat was found a...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 6 Dec 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR thanks Italian navy for rescuing boat in distress packed with refugees from Libya ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[After two days of sending out distress calls from a satellite phone in the Mediterranean Sea, 44 people, mostly sub-Saharans, were rescued by an Italian military vessel last night. UNHCR is grateful that...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 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[Angelina Jolie and UNHCR chief Guterres visit boat people on Italian island]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie joins UNHCR chief António Guterres on Italy's Lampedusa Island to meet boat people from North Africa.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 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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<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[Fresh account from survivor of boat fleeing Libya]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Yesterday morning UNHCR staff met with three Oromo Ethiopian men who told us they were among only nine survivors from a boat carrying 72 people that set out from Tripoli on 25 March.
One of them told UNHCR...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 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[Boat carrying 600 sinks off Tripoli, five boats rescued by Italian coastguard]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Early last Friday, a boat carrying people fleeing Libya broke up shortly after departing Tripoli. Relatives of those onboard say the vessel was carrying around 600 people. A senior Somali diplomat in Tripoli...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 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[Libya: Thousands flee to Tunisia; new boats reach Italy]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The exodus from Libya's Western Mountains region into Tunisia has resumed after a brief interruption last week caused by skirmishes between Libyan government and opposition forces. This past weekend, more...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 3 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 High Commissioner for Refugees and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador shocked by devastating boat tragedy]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[GENEVA - UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie expressed deep shock today at the reported drownings of 213 people in rough waters some 60 kilometres...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 6 Apr 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Angelina Jolie and UNHCR chief Guterres shocked at Mediterranean high seas tragedy]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR chief Guterres and Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie shocked at reported death by drowning of more than 200 people fleeing Libya by boat. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 6 Apr 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Italy, Malta receive first boats from Libya, stretching asylum capacity ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[In the last four days, we have seen the first boat arrivals into Europe directly from Libya since the outbreak of conflict there. Over 2,000 non-Libyans have fled Tripoli by boat to Italy and Malta, stretching...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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