| Author (Corporate) | BBC |
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| Series Title | BBC News |
| Series Details | 18.2.01 |
| Publication Date | 18/02/2001 |
| Content Type | News |
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French officials began considering asylum claims from around nine-hundred illegal immigrants rescued on 17.2.01 from a ship beached on the country's southern Riviera. Police have launched a major search for the ship's crew who fled after deliberately running the vessel aground on a beach near St Raphael. |
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| Source Link | Link to Main Source http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1175000/1175256.stm |
| Subject Categories | Justice and Home Affairs |
| Countries / Regions | France |