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Italy: Twin Brothers' Ordeal
15 Apr 2015 ... The latest incident involves the capsizing of a double-deck boat on Monday in waters about 120 kilometres south of Italy's Lampedusa Island. So far, 142 people have been rescued and eight bodies ...... -
On a high seas rescue mission with the Italian Navy
21 Mar 2014 ... one-way trip towards an Italian speck of an island called Lampedusa - the first landfall in Europe. ... thousands of asylum-seekers have perished in the 190-mile stretch between Tripoli and Lampedusa. ...... -
Some 2,000 people flee from Tripoli by boat to Italy and Malta
29 Mar 2011 ... island of Linosa, some 50 kilometres north-east of Italy's southernmost territory, Lampedusa Island. ... Two further boats arrived early this morning, one in Sicily and the other in Lampedusa. A woman gave ...... -
Italy: Haunted by a Sinking Ship
24 Jul 2014 ... Thamer & Thayer, brothers from Syria, escaped war, then unrest in Libya only to be faced with death on the Mediterranean The Lampedusa boat tragedies sparked a debate on asylum policies in Europe, ...... -
UNHCR deeply concerned over returns from Italy to Libya
7 May 2009 ... The rescue took place about 35 nautical miles south-east of the Italian island of Lampedusa, but ... Although closer to Lampedusa, the vessels were in the Maltese search and rescue area of ...... -
UNHCR interviews asylum seekers pushed back to Libya
14 Jul 2009 ... 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. ...... -
News comment by Volker Türk, UNHCR's Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, on new Mediterranean shipwreck
29 Mar 2017 ... UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply saddened at the news of another shipwreck in the Mediterranean, which may have left up to 146 people dead or missing. This morning in Lampedusa, our team ...... -
Selected Distress at Sea Incidents involving Refugees and Migrants in 2011
Dec 2011 ... ... Missing/ Dead 27.03.2011 Libya Italy 70 nautical miles from Lampedusa, Italy 250-350 Tunisia, ... None 06.04.2011 Zuwarah, Libya Italy Approx 40 miles off Lampedusa, Italy, in Maltese waters Over ...... -
UNHCR Chief expresses shock at new Mediterranean boat tragedy
12 Oct 2013 ... The rescue took place 60 miles south east of Lampedusa, in Maltese waters. "This is the third boat ... other with 83, were rescued last night off Lampedusa. 785 people are being hosted on the island, ...... -
First group of asylum seekers relocated from Italy to Sweden
9 Oct 2015 ... The asylum seekers who arrived in Sicily by boat over the last few weeks were registered in Lampedusa and accepted to take part in the relocation scheme that will allow them to be relocated to other ......