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CLEAN : Vigil for slain Malta journalist demands justice
A sizeable crowd gathered in Malta's capital city Valletta on Friday evening at a vigil to mark five months since the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia
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UN refugee chief says dispute over rescue boat 'profoundly shameful for Europe'
The UN refugee agency chief said on Wednesday that a dispute over which European country will take in a rescue boat carrying hundreds of migrants from Libya is "profoundly shameful" for the European Union (EU).
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Rescue group says Spain dock offer may not be viable for Aquarius migrants
The maritime operations manager of the aid group whose rescue ship has been stranded at sea while carrying 629 migrants says landing in Spain - the only offer on the table - would be a major technical challenge.
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Italian interior minister defends decision not to allow migrant vessel to dock
Italy's Interior Minister Matteo Salvini defended his government's refusal to take in over 600 migrants on board an NGO ship on Monday, calling for a "continental level" discussion on the migrant issue and for other European member...
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Aid group: Ships not willing to save Mediterranean migrants
Migrants in distress at sea have told their rescuers that several ships passed them by without offering assistance, a European aid group said on Sunday while seeking safe harbour for a rescue vessel with 141 migrants aboard.
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Spain PM seeks European response on migrant ship
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Captain of NGO ship accused of breaking maritime law
The captain of an NGO rescue ship appeared at a courthouse in Valletta on Monday morning to be charged after an investigation by Maltese authorities into whether the ship broke maritime rules, including questions over its registration.
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Rescue ship blocked at sea finally docks in Malta
An aid ship carrying 234 migrants docked in the Maltese port of Senglea on Wednesday, after eight European nations agreed to accept the passengers who qualify as refugees.
It had been at sea with the rescued migrants...
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Muscat to comment later on German rescue ship
The Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat announced a news conference on Wednesday to discuss a German rescue ship with more than 200 migrants on board, which remains in a holding pattern off Malta for the sixth day after EU states failed...
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CLEAN : Aquarius migrants arrive at Valletta military harbour (2)
Maltese coast guards bring back Aquarius migrants at Valletta military harbour as the last civilian rescue ship in the central Mediterranean is unable to take 58 migrants to port for fear of being impounded as other boats have been in...
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Rescue vessel with 58 migrants still stranded amid poor weather
A rescue ship carrying 58 migrants remained stranded at sea on Thursday as poor weather hampered a rescue operation off the coast of Malta, a spokeswoman for SOS Mediterranee said on Thursday,
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Migrant rescued trying to swim one mile to Malta
A Libyan migrant was rescued in waters near Malta on Friday after he jumped off an aid ship, attempting to swim toward the shore of the island.
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Sea Watch leaves Valletta, migrants still on board
Two German groups that help refugees appealed to European Union countries Tuesday to take in 49 migrants who are stuck on rescue ships in the Mediterranean Sea, warning of the passengers' deteriorating health.
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Maltese PM Muscat in London to meet May
Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat arrived for talks with British Prime Minister Theresa May in London on Monday evening.
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AP COVER of ship re-taken from migrants in Malta
A Maltese special operations team on Thursday boarded a tanker that had been hijacked by migrants rescued at sea, and returned control to the captain, before escorting it to a Maltese port.
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Migrants leaving retaken ship after docking in Malta
Four migrants have been handcuffed and escorted off an oil tanker that was hijacked at sea, after Maltese special forces restored control of the vessel.
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Italian judge to rule on shipwreck deaths
A court in Italy is expected to hold a preliminary hearing in June on whether to indict two Italian maritime rescue officers over a shipwreck that killed 268 Syrian refugees in the Mediterranean six years ago.
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Salvini: migrants 'situation is under control'
Speaking at a press conference in Trieste on Friday, Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said that the migrant situation "is under control, but prevention is better than cure."
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36 migrants rescued on request from Malta
A rescue ship run by two nonprofit groups pulled 36 people from an overcrowded wooden boat in the Mediterranean Sea based on a request from Maltese authorities.
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CLEAN: Angelina Jolie meets asylum seekers in Malta - RESTRICTIONS APPLY
Hollywood star Angelina Jolie makes a surprise visit to a detention centre in Malta, meeting asylum seekers who have fled unrest in Libya in recent months, mostly women from Somalia, Ethiopia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Valletta, Malta....
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Malta accepts 35 migrants from Ocean Viking
Malta on Friday accepted 35 migrants who were rescued by a humanitarian ship in the Mediterranean Sea a day earlier.
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CLEAN : EU Africa summit Merkel wants to combat illegal migration
Speaking at a summit in Malta aimed at agreeing a joint strategy with African leaders to tackle the migration crisis German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the plan is to combat illegal migration and to encourage African leaders to give...
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David Cameron and Theresa May visit HMS Bulwark in Valetta before summit on migration crisis
CLEAN: Shows Interior shots British Prime Minister David Cameron and UK's Home Secretary Theresa May talking to servicemen aboard HMS Bulwark about recovering migrants from the Mediterranean. David Cameron today warned that rescuing...