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62 drowned off Libyan coast in worst Mediterranean tragedy
Rescued migrants should not be sent to detention centres, says UNHCR spokesperson
Great white shark leaps into old man’s boat
Migrant boat death toll rises to 202
Parliament issues preliminary approval of laws to toughen penalties for human traffickers
Death toll in Rashid tragedy reaches 184
Capsized boat surfaces after seven days of being sunk; parliament refuses to declare arrested migrants as criminals
Death toll from capsized boat off the coast of Rashid reaches 168: Beheira governorate
State-run newspaper Al-Ahram asserted that the death toll had reached as high as 172, claiming that the boat was carrying at least 400 people when it capsized
In Cartoon: Stuck between the sea and a hard place
The Rashid boat: voices silenced in the Mediterranean
Dead bodies are still being pulled from the sea as a murky picture emerges of a rescue mission following the capsizing of a boat carrying immigrants
In Video: Illegal Egyptian migrant rescues a Syrian girl from drowning
In Video: Illegal Sudanese migrants rescued from the Mediterranean
In Video: An illegal immigration boat sank in the Mediterranean sea
Death toll of capsized migrant boat rises from 42 to 51
A boat carrying hundreds of illegal migrants sank on Wednesday
UPDATE: 30 dead, over a hundred rescued from sinking immigrant boat off Egypt’s coast
A witness said that the majority of the victims were children after a boat carrying nearly 300 illegal immigrants sank in the Mediterranean Sea near Rashid
146 illegal migrants of different nationalities arrested near North Coast
The Mediterranean Sea has become a gateway to Europe for refugees and economic migrants
Owner of boat arrested pending investigations following death of 4 Pakistanis
The owner faces charges of sailing without a valid licence, negligence, and drug use
12 fishermen still missing in Sudan: Egyptian Foreign Ministry
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that two Egyptian fishermen have been rescued after a fishing boat sunk in Sudanese territorial waters on Saturday. Twelve other fishermen on board the vessel at the time it sunk are reported missing. The ministry reported that the Egyptian consulate obtained information from authorities in Port Sudan indicating …
At least 15 died in ferry accident in Kafr El-Sheikh
Cause of the accident still unknown
Tunisian Coast Guard arrests Egyptian fisherman
Egyptian fishermen are frequently detained attempting to fish in foreign waters
4 young Egyptians named among dead migrants
The news comes following the documentation of high numbers of Egyptian minors travelling to Italy
Foreign ministry follows up on arrested fishermen in Tunisia
Tunisia says Egyptian fishermen regularly breach their national waters
French tourist cruise ship sinks in Marsa Allam’s Red Sea
Egyptian authorities announced that all 37 tourists and crew members on board were rescued
Al-Warraq boat captain detained for 4 days pending investigations
The death toll from a collision between the cruise boat and a barge rose to 38
Al-Sisi and Mehleb discuss Nile boat accident and Italy visit
The Prime Minister briefed the President on the measures the government took in response to the accident
At least 35 killed in Nile boat sinking, recovery efforts ongoing
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb orders compensation of EGP 60,000 for families of deceased and temporary suspension of Nile river officials
16 dead in Nile cruise boat collision with barge
Rescue operation still ongoing in river: Ministry of Health
15 dead, 6 injured in boat sinking: Interior Ministry
The boat drowned after crashing with another shipping boat in Giza
Egypt’s Foreign Ministry warns fishermen against illegal entry into territorial waters
Ongoing negotiations with Sudan over detained Egyptian fishermen
4 fishermen released in Damietta following navy patrol attack investigations
Armed forces to provide financial compensation for damages to boats and fishing equipment, says fishermen’s spokesperson
Captain of container ship that struck fishermen boat arrested
The prosecution ordered their detention for four days pending further investigations, state media reported.
Egyptian fisherman killed in Rea Sea collision with container ship
At least eight fishermen are believed to be dead, many still missing
Fishermen held in attack on navy released
Arrests took place at sea after unidentified “hostile vessels” opened fire on Egyptian navy