2020 ⟶ Migrant Boat Sinks Off Senegal, Killing Over 140

October 29: The International Organization for Migration (IO...
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✈️ Tenerife Airport Disaster

March 27: The Tenerife disaster in the Canary Islands, with 583 fatalities, marks the deadliest accident in aviation history.⟶
Tenerife Airport Disaster (1977)
AviationAccidentDisasterAviation SafetyAir TravelFatalities
SpainSpainNetherlandsNetherlandsUnited StatesUnited States

✈️ Covert Evacuation of Ethiopian Jews from Sudan

Operation Moses, the covert evacuation of Ethiopian Jews from Sudan during a civil war that caused a famine.⟶
Civil WarFamineRefugeesMigrationHumanitarian Crisis
SudanSudanEthiopiaEthiopiaIsraelIsrael

💥 Madrid Train Bombings

March 11: Madrid train bombings killed 193 people and injured around 2,000, Europe's deadliest attack since Pan Am Flight 103.⟶
Madrid Train Bombings (2004)
TerrorismIslamismAl-QaedaBombingCivilian CasualtiesEuropean UnionPolitical Violence
SpainSpain

🌍 Peak of European Migrant Crisis

European migrant crisis.⟶
Peak of European Migrant Crisis (2015)
MigrationRefugeesHumanitarian CrisisImmigrationEuropean UnionCivil WarGlobalization
SyriaSyriaAfghanistanAfghanistanEritreaEritreaGermanyGermanyGreeceGreeceHungaryHungaryItalyItalyAustriaAustriaSwedenSweden

✈️ Germanwings Flight 9525 Crash in the French Alps

Crash of Germanwings Flight 9525.⟶
Germanwings Flight 9525 Crash in the French Alps (2015)
AviationAir DisasterAirlinesHumanitarian CrisisMental HealthSuicideInvestigationSafety Regulations
FranceFranceGermanyGermanySpainSpain

🚢 Migrant Boat Sinks Off Senegal, Killing Over 140

October 29: The International Organization for Migration (IOM) confirms the death of least 140 migrants who drowned off the coast of Senegal on a vessel bound for the Spanish Canary Islands.⟶
Migrant Boat Sinks Off Senegal, Killing Over 140 (2020)
MigrationRefugeesMaritime DisasterHumanitarian CrisisImmigration
SenegalSenegalSpainSpain