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No trace of boat with 500 migrants, rescue group says after alarm sparked Med search

A day after searching a stretch of the Mediterranean Sea, an Italian humanitarian group said on Friday that its rescue vessel found no trace of a boat said to be in distress and carrying 500 migrants, including a newborn. The vessel…

All migrants moved off Banksy-funded rescue vessel stranded in Mediterranean

All of the migrants on board a rescue ship funded by British street artist Banksy have been transferred to other vessels, the team behind the mission said after their pink-and-white ship carrying more than 200 passengers sent an urgent call…