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Dozens of migrants rescued after shipwreck off Greek island

Published on: October 28, 2025
10:40

Athens, Oct 28 (Prensa Latina) The Greek Coast Guard rescued more than 50 migrants alive after a shipwreck that occurred while they were traveling aboard a boat off the island of Crete, in the south of the country.

Death toll from shipwreck in Nigeria increases

Published on: September 4, 2025
10:09

Abuja, Sept 4 (Prensa Latina) Nigerian authorities confirmed that the death toll has risen to 32 in the sinking of a boat carrying more than 100 people on Malale River, near the town of Burg, Niger state.

Search continues for victims of shipwreck in the DR east coast

Published on: July 14, 2025
10:58

Santo Domingo, Jul 14 (Prensa Latina) The Civil Defense continues today the search for victims of a shipwreck occurred four days ago off the coast of Juanillo, Dominican province of La Altagracia, which left a preliminary death toll of seven.

Six dead and dozens missing in Mediterranean shipwreck

Published on: March 20, 2025
10:23

Tunis, Mar 20 (Prensa Latina) Survivors of an inflatable boat that left the Tunisian port of Sfax reported that it was shipwrecked in Mediterranean waters while trying to reach the Italian island of Lampedusa, it was learned here.

DRC’s authorities arrest officials involved in shipwreck

Published on: August 22, 2024
16:25

Kinshasa, Aug 22 (Prensa Latina) Officials allegedly liable for the sinking of a boat on the Lukeni River, in the province of Maï-Ndombe, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), are under provisional arrest, Radio Okapi reported Thursday.

Senegalese migrants rescued at sea

Published on: August 16, 2023
14:05

Praia, Aug 16 (Prensa Latina) Cape Verde's Police said on Wednesday that they have rescued 38 migrants on the verge of death, after the ship they were traveling in capsized in the Atlantic Ocean waters.

Italy: 69 migrants rescued after shipwrecks on Lampedusa island

Published on: August 7, 2023
11:44

Rome, Aug 7 (Prensa Latina) Italian rescue teams managed to rescue 69 people in the last hours in waters near the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, after two shipwrecks in which at least two people died, a report said.

Egypt mourns deaths in shipwreck off coast of Greece

Published on: June 17, 2023
07:56

Cairo, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) The Egyptian government is currently working with Greek authorities to determine total toll of nationals dead during a boat shipwreck, with hundreds of illegal immigrants, off the coast of Greece.

Six dead in shipwreck in DR Congo

Published on: April 4, 2023
15:08

Kinshasa, Apr 4 (Prensa Latina) Local authorities announced on Tuesday that after a boat sank on Lake Kivu in the country's eastern region, six people died while more than 60 are still missing.

Death toll rises after shipwreck off the coast of Haiti

Published on: November 3, 2021
10:58

Port-au-Prince, Nov 3 (Prensa Latina) The death toll after shipwreck that occurred off the southern coast of Haiti rose to 22, while the search for possible survivors continued, local authorities said today.

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