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December 15, 2024
Catherine Anene, spokesperson for the Benue State Police in central Nigeria said that at least 10 people were killed when a boat capsized along the Benue River. In Nigeria, more than 220 people have died in boat accidents so far this year. Most boat accidents are caused by overcrowding…
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December 14, 2024
The Greek coastguard reported on Saturday that Greek authorities had recovered a body and rescued 39 migrants after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean off the southern island Gavdos. Witnesses report that many are still missing. The coastguard…
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December 12, 2024
A judicial official reported on Thursday that the Tunisian Coastguard had recovered nine bodies, while six other migrants are still missing, after their boat sank just off the Tunisian coastline. This is the latest boating disaster for migrants in the Mediterranean.
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December 2, 2024
The U.S. Coast Guard announced on Monday that they had suspended their search for five individuals after their commercial fishing vessel capsized in Alaska. The Coast Guard received an early Sunday mayday call from the crew on the Wind Walker fishing vessel…
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November 30, 2024
A spokesperson for the Thai Defence Ministry stated that Myanmar's Navy opened fire on a boat group of Thai fishermen on Saturday. One fisherman drowned and 31 crew were detained from one of those boats. In a press release, Thanatip Sawangsang…
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November 29, 2024
A local official confirmed that at least 18 people were killed when a boat capsized in the Far North region of Cameroon, carrying passengers to a market. The accident happened on Thursday, on the waterways that lead to Darak, a district in the Lake Chad Basin, near the border of Chad.
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November 26, 2024
Amr Hanafi of the Red Sea province said that rescuers were still looking for 13 people who were missing after a tourist vessel capsized near Egypt's Red Sea coastline on Tuesday. The Sea Story capsized near Sataya Reef on Monday, with 31 tourists and thirteen crew members on board.
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November 25, 2024
Red Sea Governorate released a statement Monday stating that 28 Egyptians were rescued after a tourist vessel sank near the Red Sea coast. The search for the remaining 17 passengers and crew members continues. According to a statement from the governorate…
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November 25, 2024
Authorities said that the Greek coastguard found eight bodies - six women and two minors - of migrants who drowned in the Aegean sea off the island Samos. The coast guard reported that Greek police discovered 36 more people alive on Samos' northern coast.
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November 25, 2024
Three security sources said that the Egyptian authorities had rescued 16 passengers after a tourist vessel sank near its Red Sea coastline. Search operations were continuing for any remaining passengers or crew. According to a Red Sea Governorate statement…
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November 12, 2024
Italian Sea Group's chief executive stated on Tuesday that the company is not responsible for the sinking of Mike Lynch’s superyacht which resulted in the death of the British tech billionaire Mike Lynch and six other people. The Bayesian, a luxury yacht built by Perini Navi in 2008…
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November 8, 2024
The coastguard reported on Friday that authorities in Comoros arrested a suspected people smuggler for an incident where traffickers intentionally capsized a vessel last week and killed at least 25 people aboard. Fahmy Husny el-nassib is the head of the Comorian Coastguard.
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November 7, 2024
An official from the Jeju City Government said that two people were killed and 12 still remain missing after a boat capsized in the waters near South Korea's Jeju Island on Friday. Officials said that they had lost track of a boat leaving the port of Busan, South Korea in the early morning hours.
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October 29, 2024
Two Egyptian security sources reported that a dozen Egyptian migrants were believed dead when their boat capsized on Monday off the coast near the town of Tobruk in eastern Libya. One man was rescued. Sources said that the 13 men left for Italy on a people-smugglers boat Sunday night.
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October 28, 2024
The national guard reported on Monday that the Tunisian coastguard had recovered 16 bodies from the sea off the coasts of Maloulech and Salakta. This is the latest boat tragedy in the Mediterranean. The bodies were discovered at the weekend, and then again on Monday.
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October 23, 2024
A local French authority reported that two migrants died after a boat carrying an entire group capsized on Wednesday off the coasts of Calais. This highlights the difficulties facing the British and French government in their efforts to combat illegal immigration.
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October 19, 2024
At least seven people died after a part of a dock collapsed and sent at least 20 boats into the Atlantic off the coast Georgia, U.S. The U.S. Coast Guard searched for missing persons on Saturday night. Authorities said that the accident, which caused multiple injuries as well…
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October 16, 2024
The Greek coastguard announced late Tuesday that it had recovered the bodies and rescued 27 migrants after their boat capsized off the island Kos, in the southeast Aegean sea. It added that three coastguard vessels and a commercial vessel searched for additional people in the region.
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October 15, 2024
The Russian authorities announced on Tuesday that they had rescued the man, whose boat drifted in the waters of the northwest Pacific for 67 consecutive days. However, his brother and nephew perished during the ordeal. Images on social media…
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October 12, 2024
Mayra Ruiz, a Cuban mother, wakes up every day wondering if she will hear from her son Maiquel Gonzalez. Gonzalez vanished without a trace on December 20, 2022, along with 28 family members and friends who fled to Florida in a homemade boat.
