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121:operation, but they managed to do it."
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113:and then abandoned ship – leaving the
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859:2023 Cape Verde migrant boat disaster
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763:2014 Malta migrant shipwreck
627:2015 European migrant crisis
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1019:Austrian border barrier
1253:Migrants around Calais
1140:2018 Chemnitz protests
1090:2015 Corsican protests
1085:2015 Geldermalsen riot
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998:Migrants around Calais
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706:Immigration to Italy
91:Santa Maria di Leuca
1248:Illegal immigration
940:Proactiva Open Arms
885:Maritime operations
793:Death of Alan Kurdi
775:Blue Sky M incident
757:Lampedusa shipwreck
723:Migration diplomacy
531:Pride of Canterbury
99:Italian coast guard
89:As the ship neared
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1029:Ceuta border fence
993:Moria refugee camp
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892:Operation Poseidon
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817:Essex lorry deaths
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130:Italian Red Cross
107:ongoing civil war
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1159:Related articles
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950:SOS Méditerranée
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922:Operation Sophia
916:Operation Themis
910:Operation Triton
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1292:Categories
983:La Linière
741:(May 2007)
561:Blue Sky M
494:Constandis
451:HMAS
442:Tuscaloosa
355:Protecteur
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333:Shipwrecks
154:References
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56:Blue Sky M
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