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Now playing Next Greece Migrants drown as boat runs aground off Greek island of Rhodes More migrants drowned in desperate efforts to reach Europe on Monday, when their boat ran aground off the Greek island of Rhodes. Rescuers did their 20/04/2015
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Now playing Next Italy Migrant deaths in Mediterranean soar, while horror stories pour in The wave of migrants desperate to reach Europe continued to unfurl into Italy on Friday, with hundreds more rescued as they crossed the Mediterranean 17/04/2015
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Now playing Next Italy 41 migrants drown trying to reach Italy as the country calls for more help from the EU Forty-one people drowned on Thursday while attempting to reach Italy by boat from Libya according to the International Organisation for Migration 16/04/2015
Now playing Next Europe News EU urged to change course over world's deadliest sea crossing After yet more lives lost in the Mediterranean sea, human rights activists are demanding the EU changes course on its migration and asylum policies 16/04/2015
Now playing Next Italy More than a statistic: The human cost of migration to Italy Hundreds die attempting to cross the Mediterranean from north Africa. Thousands are saved, but Italy is struggling to cope with escalating migrant arrivals. 16/04/2015
Now playing Next Italy 6,000 migrants plucked to safety from Mediterranean in last 5 days Nearly 6,000 migrants have been rescued from the Mediterranean Sea over the past five days, including a newborn baby. On Wednesday (April 15) 400 15/04/2015
Now playing Next Italy 400 people feared dead in Mediterranean Sea tragedy Around 400 people are feared dead in the latest tragedy in the Mediterranean. The migrants were attempting to make the journey between troubled 15/04/2015
Now playing Next world news Another tragic day off the Italian coast: 400 migrants die, witnesses report Tuesday (April 14) marked another tragic day off the coast of Italy. Migrants arriving in the port of Reggio Calabria, at Italy’s southern tip, told 14/04/2015