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129:. Two more similar boats arrived in Italy in subsequent weeks, and a further two remained missing, having left Libya but never arrived in Italy. Coastguards from the two countries continued to search for the latter two boats. The capsized boat and the two that went missing are thought to have carried at least 500 people, of whom 200 were Nigerian.
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394:Timeline of the 2015 European migrant crisis
632:List of migrant vehicle incidents in Europe
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501:2009 Mediterranean Sea migrant shipwreck
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160:2013 Mediterranean Sea migrant shipwreck
155:2011 Mediterranean Sea migrant shipwreck
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597:2023 Libya migrant boats sinking
495:May 2007 Malta migrant shipwreck
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891:Murder of Pamela Mastropietro
836:Murder of Khaled Idris Bahray
680:(EU Navfor Med, 2015–present)
567:2018 Libya migrant shipwrecks
472:African immigration to Europe
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901:Murder of Desirée Mariottini
876:2016 Chemnitz terrorism plot
871:2016 Reutlingen knife attack
810:Norway–Russia border barrier
690:Migrant Offshore Aid Station
555:2016 Egypt migrant shipwreck
543:Burgenland corpses discovery
525:2014 Libya migrant shipwreck
519:2014 Malta migrant shipwreck
383:2015 European migrant crisis
200:. 2009-03-31. Archived from
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1542:March 2009 events in Africa
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1019:Schengen Information System
881:Murder of Maria Ladenburger
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1137:Unnamed migrant vessel
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896:2018 Chemnitz protests
846:2015 Corsican protests
841:2015 Geldermalsen riot
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660:Operation Mare Nostrum
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1303:Jalakanyaka
988:Fire at Sea
617:(July 2023)
611:(June 2023)
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121:Other boats
77:Libyan Navy
1511:Categories
1484:12°42′50″E
1481:33°08′23″N
1412:Port Royal
1370:Danny F II
1312:HMAS
1205:USNS
1174:USNS
1079:Shipwrecks
739:La Linière
497:(May 2007)
342:2009-04-01
317:2009-04-01
296:2009-03-31
262:2009-04-02
234:2009-04-01
208:2009-03-31
166:References
69:Sidi Bilal
1440:collision
1433:USS
1426:USS
1417:grounding
1410:USS
1390:Catalyn V
1324:Shockwave
1243:Langeland
1163:USS
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85:Egyptians
45:Palestine
1428:Hartford
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