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UN urges South East Asian countries to do more for migrants at sea

Hundreds of boatpeople have been rescued off the coast of Indonesia after being stranded at sea for more than 40 days. Myanmar is said to have

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Migrant speaks of hopes, as EU leaders set sights on tackling people smugglers

Migrants are calling for more support for Italy, as Brussels sets its sights on targeting gangs smuggling people into Europe. Abu Daouda, 20, from

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Alleged migrant ship disaster captain and deputy to remain behind bars

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EU set to OK plan to destroy smugglers' boats

EU foreign and defence ministers met in Brussels on Monday to approve a mission aimed at destroying boats used by people smugglers in Libya. It forms

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South East Asia's Rohingya Muslim migrant crisis

Nearly 1,000 migrants came ashore in different parts of Indonesia on Friday. Weak, hungry and dehydrated, most had been crammed into boats towed

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Germany helps rescue 300 migrants, as row grows over EU plan

A newborn baby is among nearly 300 migrants taken ashore at the Sicilian port of Pozzallo

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African migrants suffer even if they manage to reach Europe

Border police in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, at the northern tip of Morocco, discovered an Ivorian boy hidden in a suitcase. By just a few euros

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Hundreds of migrants rescued off Libyan coast

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Germany says root causes must be tackled in migrants' home nations

Hundreds more migrants attempting to reach Europe have been taken ashore in the Sicilian port city of Catania. The British Navy was involved in the

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Southeast Asia too has desperate migrants drowning in unfriendly waters

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EU unveils quota system plans to tackle migration crisis

EU countries should accept at least 20,000 refugees over two years, the European Commission said on Wednesday, as it unveiled its plan to tackle the

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EU launches its plan to tackle the Mediterranean migrant crisis

The EU has laid outs its ambitious new plans to tackle the migrant crisis unfolding in the Mediterranean. The proposals include tripling funding for

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Bangladeshi and Rohingy refugees rescued in Indonesia

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Mogherini asks UN Security Council to back EU migrants plan

The European Union's foreign policy chief has pleaded for UN help to save migrants lives and attack people traffickers, in a bid to secure international legal backing for potential military action.

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Migrants land in Malaysia as hundreds rescued off Indonesia coast

Malaysia has detained more than 1000 Bangladeshi and Rohingya refugees after they arrived on Monday. It comes a day after Indonesian authorities

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[Watch] Underwater images of sunken migrant ship in Mediterranean

Underwater images have been released of a ship that sank off the coast of Libya last month, killing up to 900 migrants. Only 24 people survived the

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[Photos] Boy smuggled into Spain in suitcase

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Italy's coastguard rescues 600 migrants in 24hrs

Set adrift for two days in the Mediterranean 98 migrants have been picked up by the Italian coastguard overnight on Tuesday. Italy has rescued at

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More migrant deaths crossing from Africa to Italy

The perilous crossing from Africa to the shores of Europe has claimed the lives of more migrants. Survivors said around forty people died and were

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More migrant deaths crossing from Africa to Europe

The perilous crossing from Africa to the shores of Europe has claimed the lives of more migrants. Survivors said around forty people died and were