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Italian police swoop on migrants

Italian police arrest hundreds of suspected illegal immigrants in raids across the country.
Ref. https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7402602.stm

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Italy takes in stranded migrants

Italy agrees to accept 140 migrants rescued off the coast of Lampedusa, ending a four-day stand-off with Malta. Ref. Source 4

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Migrants escorted out of Italy town

At least 300 African migrants have been transported out of a southern Italian town rocked by two days of clashes between the migrants, police and local residents. Ref. Source 1

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54 Migrants die of thirst off N African coast:

Fifty-four people trying to reach Italy die after a voyage in which their rubber boat gradually deflated, says UNHCR. Ref. Source 5

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Detainees stitch lips in protest

Nine illegal immigrants detained in Italy have stitched their lips together with thread from their bedsheets in a protest to demand their release from what they say are intolerable living conditions. Ref. Source 4

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Migrants rescued from rafts

The Italian navy has rescued more than 1,100 migrants from nine large rafts in the waters south of Sicily, the latest arrivals from North Africa. Ref. Source 2

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30 Migrants Die on Boat to Italy : .

About 30 bodies have been found by Italian Navy after it intercepted a boat carrying some 590 refugees and migrants from North Africa to Sicily, Italian news agencies reported. Ref. Source 3

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Italy saves 970 migrants abandoned by smugglers:

The Italian Coast Guard rescued 970 migrants Wednesday after smugglers put their cargo ship on automatic pilot heading straight for a crash into the Italian coast and abandoned the command. Ref. Source 1