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It is feared up to 200 migrants may have drowned after an overcrowded boat they were on capsized in the Mediterranean.

More than 200 migrants are feared to have drowned in the latest Mediterranean boat tragedy after rescuers saved over 370 people from a capsized boat thought to be carrying 600, the Italian coast guard indicated on Thursday. Arab migrants, on the other hand, were mostly beaten...

It is feared up to 200 migrants may have drowned after an overcrowded boat they were on capsized in the Mediterranean.

ROME (AP) – Survivors of a migrant boat that capsized off Libya as rescuers approached told investigators that smugglers armed with knives forced people to stay in the trawler’s hold, increasing fears that more than 200 had been trapped inside and drowned, officials...

This comes at a time when many European countries are struggling to decide what to do about increases in migrants seeking asylum from risky, unstable conditions in places like Libya, Syria, and Afghanistan. The risks are heightened by the tactics of the smugglers, who charge...

The coastguard picked up 381 on Thursday morning, whereas an Italy navy ship took 101 from a big rubber boat, and the MSF vessel Argos rescued 87, in accordance with their Twitter accounts.

The truly horrific details of some the migrants emerged today as many told police and the life-saving crews of the LE Niamh that they were stabbed and attacked during the perilous journey.

In Himachal Pradesh, at least nine were killed and 21 other injured when bus carrying them fell down in Parvati River near Sarsari on Kullu-Manikaran highway this afternoon.