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Coverage dated August 12, 2025

Migrant boat capsizes off Italy and leaves at least 20 people dead, UN says

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ROME (AP) — A boat carrying nearly 100 migrants capsized Wednesday in international waters off the Italian island of Lampedusa, killing at least 20 people and…

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  1. PBS NewsHour

    Boat carrying migrants capsizes off Italy, killing at least 26 (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    A boat carrying nearly 100 migrants capsized off the Italian island of Lampedusa, killing at least 26 people.

  2. Seattle Times

    A boat carrying migrants capsizes off Italy, killing at least 26 (opens Seattle Times)

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    A boat carrying nearly 100 migrants capsized off the Italian island of Lampedusa, killing at least 26 people.

  3. Al Jazeera

    At least 20 refugees and migrants die in shipwreck off Italy’s Lampedusa (opens Al Jazeera)

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    There are 60 survivors from the perilous journey from Libya, but a UN agency says there could be more people missing.

  4. WTOP Washington DC

    Migrant boat capsizes off Italy and leaves at least 20 people dead, UN says (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    ROME (AP) — A boat carrying nearly 100 migrants capsized Wednesday in international waters off the Italian island of Lampedusa, killing at least 20 people and…

  5. Al-Monitor

    At least 26 migrants dead in two shipwrecks off Italy (opens Al-Monitor)

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    At least 26 migrants died Wednesday when two boats sank off the coast of Italy's Lampedusa island, with around 10 others still missing, the coastguard and UN officials said.Around 60 people were rescued after the sinkings in the central Mediterranean, a stretch between North Africa and Italy describ…

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