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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[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[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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<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[Look Who's Coming to Europe, by António Guterres]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[<em>High Commissioner's Op-Ed published in the International Herald Tribune and New York Times, 9 May 2011</em>
I recall vividly the intoxicating feeling of freedom and promise brought about by the "Carnation...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 9 May 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR calls for action to alleviate humanitarian situation on Lampedusa]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR is calling for urgent action by the Italian authorities to alleviate overcrowding on the island of Lampedusa. The humanitarian situation for the 5,000 mostly Tunisian migrants on this remote Italian...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Boat arrivals on Lampedusa]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[In the last 24 hours, 22 boats carrying over 1,600 persons, nearly all young Tunisian males, have landed on the small Italian island of Lampedusa. This brings the total number of Tunisians having arrived...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR and partners working to help manage Tunisian arrivals in Italy]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR and its partners from the International Organization for Migration and Save the Children Fund are in Lampedusa and several locations in southern Italy working with local authorities to manage the...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 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 questions delays in rescue-at-sea operation off Malta]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR is concerned about delays in a search-and-rescue operation on Sunday and Monday involving a boat carrying more than 20 people, mostly Eritreans, near Malta. Distress calls were received on Sunday...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 8 Jun 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[Concern for asylum-seekers, refugees left homeless after makeshift camp closed in Greece]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR expresses concern about the fate of hundreds of irregular migrants following the closure of a makeshift camp in the Greek city of Patras. A fire later destroys the camp.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Asylum seekers homeless in Patras after camp is razed to the ground]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR is concerned about the fate of hundreds of irregular migrants, including asylum seekers and refugees, following the closure over the weekend of a makeshift camp in the Greek city of Patras. Early...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR interviews asylum seekers pushed back to Libya]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR staff in Libya have been carrying out interviews with 82 people who were intercepted by the Italian Navy on the high seas on July 1 about 30 nautical miles from the Italian island of Lampedusa. They...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 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[UNHCR urges meeting on irregular migration in Mediterranean]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[High Commissioner António Guterres has asked the European Commission to consider convening a meeting between Italy, Malta, Libya, UNHCR and other relevant partners to work on a joint strategy for a more...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR deeply concerned over returns from Italy to Libya]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Thursday, 7 May 2009
GENEVA - UNHCR expressed deep concern Thursday over the fate of some 230 people who were rescued Wednesday by Italian patrol boats in the Maltese Search and Rescue Region (SAR) of...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 7 May 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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