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Sewol bone fragments "not from a victim"
Bereaved families are hoping to find the last nine bodies still missing after the South Korean ferry sank in 2014 with the loss of 304 lives.
Search of South Korean ferry wreckage uncovers remains of missing passengers
A search of the ferry which sank off the coast of South Korea in 2014, killing 304 people, has uncovered human remains.
Stricken South Korean ferry raised from the sea bed
The Sewol has been brought back above the waves after foundering almost three years ago with the loss of more than 300 lives.
More rescue boats, more migrants drowning in the Med
Authorities face a "sad paradox" as smugglers overload dinghies, says the European border and coast guard agency Frontex.
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Tunisian captain setenced to 18 years for deadly shipwreck
A Tunisian man accused of being the captain of a migrant boat that sank killing over 700 people has been found guilty of manslaughter by an Italian court and faces 18 years in…
Verdict expected in Catania shipwreck trial
The Sicilian court is expected to deliver its verdict on captain Ali Malek on Tuesday.
Just 28 of the 800 migrants survived when the fishing boat sunk in April 2015.
240 people drown in two migrant tragedies off Libyan coast
The victims, believed to be mostly from West Africa, were travelling in rubber dinghies
At least 239 migrants dead after two shipwrecks off Libyan coast
Two shipwrecks off the coast of Libya have claimed the lives of at least 239 migrants.
18 killed in Indonesia boat accident
At least 18 people have been killed and more than 40 are still missing in Indonesia after the speedboat they were on capsized.
Boat sinks carrying Indonesian migrant workers home from Malaysia
A boat carrying 93 Indonesian migrant workers from Malaysia has sunk off Batam Island just south of Singapore, killing 17 of them according to Indonesia’s national disaster…
'Indifference is killing people': Italy calls for help while marking migrant remembrance day
Italians on Lampedusa have marked the first official remembrance day for migrants, three years after a shipwreck half a mile from shore claimed the lives of more than 360 people seeking safety in…
Egypt migrant boat sinking: number of dead surpasses 200
At least 33 more bodies have been recovered from a migrant boat which sank off the Egyptian coast last week, raising the confirmed number of dead to 202.
More bodies recovered from sea after Egypt migrant tragedy
Rescuers in Egypt have pulled more bodies from the sea, two days after a boat sank as it carried migrants towards Europe.
Almost 10,000 migrants rescued in Strait of Sicily in two days
Around 3,000 migrants were rescued in the Strait of Sicily on Tuesday, in 30 separate missions.
Four dead after two boats collide near the Greek island of Aegina close to Athens
At least four people have been killed and five others injured after a speedboat and pleasure boat collided off the Greek island of Ageina close to Athens, according to the Greek coastguard.
Costa Concordia captain has appeal rejected
A Florence appeal court has upheld the 16-year prison sentence for Francesco Schettino.
Migrant death toll in Mediterranean over past week 'rises to 880'
The Mediterranean has seen its most deadly week of 2016 with more than 880 migrants believed to have drowned in shipwrecks off the Libyan…
Hundreds of migrants drown at sea in series of shipwrecks
At least 700 migrants drown in past week 13,000 are rescued Spring weather brings surge in Mediteranean crossings The bodies of 45 migrants have been brought ashore at the Italian port of Reggio…
20 rescued from inflatable boat in the Channel
The alarm was raised late on Saturday, a search-and-rescue helicopter and lifeboats were dispatched from English and French ports.
New video footage: overcrowded migrant boat capsizing
New video footage shows an overcrowded fishing boat capsizing off the Libyan coast sending migrants tumbling into the sea.