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Syrian refugees struggle to reach family in Malta
7 Sep 2015 For Ali and Mohammad, both 23, the hardest part of their journey should have been over once they'd escaped hardship, cruelty and violence in the ancient and embattled Syrian city of Palmyra. -
Mediterranean crossings in 2015 already top 100,000
9 Jun 2015 As of June 8, a total of 103,000 refugees and migrants had arrived in Europe: 54,000 in Italy, 48,000 in Greece, 91 on Malta and 920 in Spain. -
UNHCR calls for urgent action as hundreds feared lost in Mediterranean boat sinking
20 Apr 2015 Available information is that the boat overturned shortly before midnight on Saturday, in Libyan waters, some 180 kilometres south of Italy's Lampedusa Island. -
Some 8,400 migrants, asylum-seekers reach Italy and Malta by sea in first half of 2013
5 Jul 2013 Most arrived in Italy and Malta, departing from North Africa, principally Libya. The rest crossed from Greece and Turkey, landing in southern Italy. -
Survivors of sea voyage to Malta say seven Somali refugees died
8 May 2012 Latest deaths bring the number of reported or confirmed dead among people attempting to reach Europe from Libya to 81 this year. -
More than 1,500 drown or go missing trying to cross the Mediterranean in 2011
31 Jan 2012 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. -
Some 2,000 people flee from Tripoli by boat to Italy and Malta
29 Mar 2011 For the first time since conflict erupted in Libya, hundreds of people have been fleeing by boat from Tripoli in recent days to Italy and Malta. -
France gives red carpet welcome to refugees relocated from Malta
10 Jul 2009 A group of refugees and people in need of international protection are warmly received in Paris after France agreed to their relocation from Malta. -
Dozens dead or missing in Gulf of Aden; boat people figures rise
4 Nov 2008 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.