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Migrants dead, missing after shipwrecks off Italy, Tunisia

Migrants on board of NGO Proactiva Open Arms Uno rescue boat looks at boat Guardia Costiera heading to Lampedusa island, in central Mediterranean Sea, close to Lampedusa island, Italy, on 19th August, 2022.

Rome, ItalyReuters Two people died and around 30 more are missing at sea after two migrant shipwrecks off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, the coastguard said on Sunday, adding that 57 people had been rescued. In a separate operation, 34 migrants were airlifted by helicopter from a cliff in Lampedusa on which they had […]

At least 300 migrants missing at sea near Spanish Canary Islands, aid group says

Dozens of wooden boats used by migrants to reach the Canary Islands are seen at the Port of Arinaga, in the island of Gran Canaria, Spain, on 7th June, 2022

Madrid, SpainReuters At least 300 people who were travelling on three migrant boats from Senegal to Spain’s Canary Islands have disappeared, migrant aid group Walking Borders said on Sunday. Dozens of wooden boats used by migrants to reach the Canary Islands are seen at the Port of Arinaga, in the island of Gran Canaria, Spain, […]

Pope offers prayers to family of ‘Vatican girl’ who went missing 40 years ago

Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer from his window at the Vatican, on 25th June, 2023.

Vatican CityReuters Pope Francis on Sunday offered prayers and solidarity to the family of a Vatican schoolgirl who went missing 40 years ago in one of Italy’s most enduring mysteries. Emanuela Orlandi, the 15-year-old daughter of a Vatican usher, failed to return home on 22nd June, 1983, after a music lesson in central Rome. Pope […]

Mexico to launch database of over 100,000 ‘disappeared’ people

Relatives of missing people take part in a protest demanding truth and justice for victims on Mother's Day, at the Angel of Independence Monument in Mexico City, Mexico, on 10th May, 2023.

Mexico City, MexicoReuters Mexico will launch a new tool later this month to help record information on the tens of thousands of people who have gone missing, the country’s federal prosecutors office (FGR) said on Thursday. The registry is set to gather information from a number of databases covering mass and clandestine graves, arrests, torture […]

Thousands still missing as Congo flood survivors search for relatives

Red Cross workers and volunteers gather for a briefing where Congolese civilians were killed following rains that destroyed the remote, mountainous area and ripped through the riverside villages of Nyamukubi, Kalehe territory in South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo on 9th May, 2023.

Nyamukubi, Democratic Republic of Congo Reuters The death toll from flooding in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo crept higher on Tuesday as aid workers found more bodies among the muddy devastation and wounded residents succumbed to their injuries in an underequipped local clinic. The floods, in a remote, mountainous area of South Kivu province, ripped […]

Searching for the disappeared must be priority at Colombia peace talks -official

Luz Janeth Forero, director of Colombia's Search Unit for Disappeared People, speaks with Reuters, in Bogota, Colombia, on 19th April, 2023.

Bogota, Colombia Reuters The search for tens of thousands of people who were disappeared during Colombia’s six-decade conflict must be a priority at peace and surrender talks with rebel groups and crime gangs, the top official tasked with finding them said on Wednesday. At least 104,600 people have been forcibly disappeared in connection with Colombia’s […]

Pope wants light shed on 40-year-old mystery of missing Vatican girl

Pope Francis presides over the Easter Vigil in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, on 8th April, 2023.

Vatican City Reuters One of Italy’s most enduring mysteries, the disappearance of a Vatican schoolgirl 40 years ago, entered a new chapter on Tuesday when her brother met with a Vatican investigator whom Pope Francis has given free rein to get to the bottom of the case. Over the past four decades tombs have been […]

Death toll from Ecuador landslide deaths rises to 17, over 70 remain missing

View of the site of a landslide triggered by heavy rains, during rescue operations, in Alausi, Ecuador, on 28th March, 2023.

Quito, Ecuador Reuters At least 17 people have died from a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Ecuador’s Andean region, sweeping down over parts of the city of Alausi, authorities said on Thursday, as the death toll increased and 72 people remained missing. The landslide struck Sunday night, and on Tuesday, the official death toll […]

Digging with scant hope, families search for dozens missing in Ecuador landslide

People dig amid debris as they look for relatives, following a landslide, in Alausi, Ecuador, on 28th March, 2023.

Alausi, Ecuador Reuters Families and rescue groups in Ecuador worked to find dozens of people still missing after a landslide smothered buildings and a stadium in the small city of Alausi, with the official death toll of seven expected to rise. An avalanche of earth ploughed into Alausi, in Ecuador’s Andean Chimborazo province, on Sunday […]

At graveyard of unknown quake victims, Syrians seek news of the missing

A view shows a gravestone reading "unidentified, little girl wearing green sweater" in Arabic inside a cemetery in the rebel-held town of Jandaris, Syria March 4, 2023. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

Jandaris, Syria Reuters The simple gravestone of a girl killed in last month’s earthquake in Syria bears no name, but notes she was wearing a green sweater at the time of her burial, a description left in the hope it may help someone identify her. The bodies of up to 70 unidentified people have been […]

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