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<title><![CDATA[Gulf of Aden drownings raise concerns over smuggling and rescue-at-sea tradition]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Sixteen people have drowned and five are missing this week following two incidents involving refugees in smugglers' boats. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fighting in Somalia forces more refugees across the Gulf of Aden]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The ongoing fighting in Mogadishu and central Somalia is pushing thousands of Somali civilians to risk their lives to cross the Gulf of Aden and seek asylum in Yemen.
According to our network of partners...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Latest Gulf of Aden smuggling mishap leaves 18 dead, 29 missing]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Eighteen people drowned and 29 are missing and presumed dead after a smuggling boat capsized in the Gulf of Aden amid strong winds.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Yacht race veterans raise funds to help survivors of Gulf of Aden crossings]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Some of the world’s leading long-distance yacht sailors raise more than 2,000 euros for the UN refugee agency’s operations to help survivors of the Gulf of Aden crossing.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR steps up efforts to stem Gulf of Aden crossings as numbers mount]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[With more migrants and asylum seekers reaching Yemen than ever before, UNHCR tries to persuade desperate Somalis and Ethiopians not to undertake the perilous crossing.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Thirty-five drown in latest smuggling tragedy in the Gulf of Aden]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Thursday, 23 April, 2009
Thirty-five drown in latest smuggling tragedy in the Gulf of Aden
ADEN, Yemen - Thirty-five people drowned after one of two smugglers' boats carrying more than 220 passengers across...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Eight dead and 22 missing in latest Gulf of Aden tragedy]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Eight people drowned and another 22 are missing and presumed dead in the Gulf of Aden as a result of two different smuggling incidents over the weekend off the coast of Yemen's Hadramout region, some 600...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Apr 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[French Navy helps rescue boat people, but seven die in Aden accident]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The French Navy helped rescue scores of Somali and Ethiopian boat people at the weekend, but at least seven of them drowned when their vessel capisized shortly after docking in the Yemeni port of Aden....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fifteen drown in Gulf of Aden amid surge in people smuggling to Yemen]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Two smugglers carrying Somalis and Ethiopians capsize in the treacherous Gulf of Aden leaving at least 15 people dead and a dozen missing.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[More than 50,000 people risked perilous Gulf of Aden crossing last year]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR says more than 50,000 people made the perilous Gulf of Aden crossing to Yemen last year and almost 600 died in the attempt.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 9 Jan 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[At least 20 people drown in Gulf of Aden crossing]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[At least 20 people drown off the coast of Yemen and two are reported missing after smugglers carrying them across the Gulf of Aden forced them overboard.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 2 Dec 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dozens dead or missing in Gulf of Aden; boat people figures rise]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Amid a fresh Gulf of Aden tragedy, UNHCR says its estimates show a rise in irregular crossings of the Gulf and Mediterranean this year compared to 2007.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 4 Nov 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fifty-two Somalis die after being left adrift by smugglers for 18 days in Gulf of Aden]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[At least 52 Somalis perished after their stricken vessel was abandoned by smugglers in the Gulf of Aden, leaving them adrift for 18 days without food or water. UNHCR's office in Yemen reports that 71 people survived the ordeal after their inoperable boat drifted into Yemeni coastal waters on Sept. 21 and was finally rescued by local coast guards.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[At least 26 people dead in Gulf of Aden smuggling incident]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR reports at least 26 people dead after smugglers transporting them across the Gulf of Aden forced them overboard off the coast of Yemen.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gulf of Aden crossings soar in August over year earlier]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR says the smuggling of people across the Gulf of Aden was much higher than usual in August, when there is normally a lull due to rougher weather.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 9 Sep 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Yemen's coast guards rescue boat people; six still missing]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Nearly 160 people have been rescued by Yemen's Coast Guards after their boat broke down in the Gulf of Aden. Six are still missing amid wider fears that smuggling season could be starting earlier and in higher numbers than before.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gulf of Yemen boatpeople motivated by insecurity, poverty at home]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Growing numbers of boatpeople have been crossing the perilous Gulf of Aden this year. By mid-March, some 10,800 people had arrived in Yemen while 402 had been listed as dead or missing.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Massive rise this year in numbers crossing Gulf of Aden]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Smugglers ferried almost 9,000 people across the Gulf of Aden in the first two month of this year, almost treble the figure for the same period in 2007.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 4 Mar 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Somalis in Djibouti on the increase]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ Growing numbers of Somali asylum seekers and migrants are fleeing to Djibouti in what may become a new migration route from war-ravaged Somalia to Djibouti and on to the Middle East. In 2007, a total...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 5 Feb 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gulf of Aden smuggling can be deadly, UNHCR warns desperate migrants]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The UN refugee agency is stepping up efforts to discourage hazardous people-smuggling from the Horn of Africa.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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