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Police reinforcements take a boat to the island of Kerkennah after residents of Sfax blocked access to a ferry on April 15, 2016. (Photo by FETHI BELAID/AFP via Getty Images)
Tunisia
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27 migrants die off Tunisia, 83 rescued, in shipwrecks

Over two dozen migrants, including children, died after their boats capsized off the Tunisian coast, the civil defence said. Dozens others were rescued.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
02 January, 2025
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Jordan's King Abdullah II bin al-Hussein at the MED9 leaders' summit at Minthis resort in Paphos
Jordan
MENA
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Jordanian and European leaders meet to de-escalate Middle East

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
11 October, 2024
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Italy
World
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Aid group MSF protests Italy migrant policy over suspended ship

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
11 September, 2024
Tunisia
MENA
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Tunisia urges Europe to increase assistance to tackle migration crisis

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
17 July, 2024
Tunisia
MENA
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Tunisia reports increase in migrant interceptions

The New Arab Staff
13 May, 2024
Italy
World
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At least 40 missing in Italy migrant boat shipwreck: UN

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
24 June, 2023
Cyprus
MENA
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Cyprus proposes plan for Mediterranean gas link to Israel

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
20 June, 2023
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Tunisia
MENA
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Three missing in migrant shipwreck in Med: charity

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 May, 2023
Egypt
MENA
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Egypt challenges Netflix with local documentary on Cleopatra

Thaer Mansour
03 May, 2023
Italy
MENA
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Italy's coastguard works to rescue 1,200 migrants

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 April, 2023
Egypt
MENA
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EU to support Egypt in ending 'illegal immigration'

Thaer Mansour
27 March, 2023
Tunisia
World
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14 migrants drown off Tunisia after wave of racist violence

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
09 March, 2023
Tunisia
MENA
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Tunisia stops 6 migrant boat journeys on last night of 2022

The New Arab Staff
02 January, 2023
Libya
MENA
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Libya says boat with 700 Europe-bound migrants intercepted

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
31 December, 2022
Lebanon has gas fields
Lebanon
Energy
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TotalEnergies commits to start Lebanon drilling next year

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
12 December, 2022
Morocco
MENA
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Morocco stopped 56,000 migrants from reaching Europe

The New Arab Staff
14 November, 2022
Tunisia.
World
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Protests paralyse Tunisian town after migrant deaths

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 October, 2022
Hundreds of migrants have been killed trying to make the perilous Mediterranean journey from Libya to Europe [Getty]
Libya
MENA
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UN renews ship inspections off Libya for smuggled migrants

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 September, 2022
Syria
MENA
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Syria says migrant shipwreck toll rises to 77

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
23 September, 2022
Mediterranean
World
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Charity rescues 372 in central Med, recovers one dead body

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 September, 2022
Tunisia
MENA
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Death toll from migrant shipwreck off Tunisia rises to 11

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
11 September, 2022