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Eleven Dead Migrants, Dozens Missing, after Two Shipwrecks off Italy

Eleven migrants have died and dozens of others are feared missing after two shipwrecks off Italy, a migrant rescue charity and the coastguard said Monday. Rescuers coming to the aid of migrants on a wooden boat off Lampedusa found 11 bodies below deck, the German aid group ResQship posted on X. The crew aboard ResQship's vessel, the Nadir, "is ...

France: Eight Migrants Dead in Channel Crossing Attempt

Eight migrants died early Sunday when their overcrowded vessel capsized while trying to cross the Channel from France to England, French authorities said, less than two weeks after the deadliest such disaster this year. The French and British governments have sought for years to stop the flow of migrants, who pay smugglers thousands of euros per ...