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100 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast in past week
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], March 9 (ANI/Xinhua): The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Monday said that 100 illegal migrants have been rescued off the Libyan coast over the past week.
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8 killed, over 170 injured in migrant center fire in Yemen
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Sana'a [Yemen], March 8 (ANI/Sputnik): At least eight people have been killed and over 170 others injured as a result of a fire at a migrant detention facility in the Yemeni capital city Sana'a, the regional office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for the Middle East and
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Over 450 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast in a week, says IOM
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], January 26 (ANI/Xinhua): The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Monday that more than 450 illegal migrants have been rescued off the Libyan coast in the past week.
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At least 74 migrants killed in shipwreck off Libya
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 13 (ANI/Sputnik): At least 74 people in a ship carrying at least 120 migrants trying to enter Europe died on Thursday when their vessel sank off the coast of Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced in a press release.
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Libyan coast guards detain 150 migrants at Sea: UN
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], Jan 10 (Sputnik/ANI): Libyan coast guards found more than 150 migrants in national waters and brought them back to the shore, the United Nation's International Organisation for Migration said on Thursday.
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Bodies of 6 migrants washed ashore in Libya: IOM
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Nov 23 (ANI): Bodies of six migrants have washed ashore in the Libyan city of Khoms, while around 90 European-bound migrants were rescued by the Libyan coast guard, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday.
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Absence of immediate action to check land degradation may lead to increase
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 5 (ANI): The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has revealed in a study that any absence of immediate action to check land degradation may lead to an increase in migration and conflict at the grass-root level, as predicted by the scientists.
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5 migrants dead, over 130 missing after 2 boats capsize off Djibouti coast
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Jan 30 (ANI/Sputnik): At least five migrants were killed and 130 are missing after two boats overturned off the coast of Djibouti, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a statement on Tuesday.
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Spanish rescue team spots 672 migrants in Alboran Sea
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], Oct 1 (ANI/Sputnik): A Spanish maritime rescue team said on Monday that it had detected 672 migrants in the Alboran Sea, the westernmost part of the Mediterranean Sea, over the weekend.
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64 feared dead after smuggling boat sinks in Mediterranean
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], Jan 9 (ANI) At least 64 African migrants are presumed dead after a traffickers' rubber dinghy from Libya sank in the Mediterranean sea.
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IOM to launch displacement tracking system in Afghanistan as humanitarian
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Jan. 28 (ANI): The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is launching a new displacement tracking system in Afghanistan to better understand population movements and needs amid concerns of a severe humanitarian crisis induced by sudden return home of hundreds o
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