Italy to Request EU Pay Libya to End Migrant Crossings
On Tuesday, Italy is set to ask the European Union (EU) to pay Libya to stop migrant boats leaving its ...
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IOM Concerned about Increased Migrant Departures from Libya
On Monday, Head of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Libya, Federico Soda expressed his concern about the rise ...
Read moreUNHCR Calls for Closure of Migrant Detention Centres in Libya
On Saturday, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi expressed renewed concerns over the repatriation process of ...
Read moreOne Migrant Dead and Two Injured in Shooting in Tripoli Detention Centre
One migrant was killed and two were injured on Thursday after a shooting took place in a detention centre in ...
Read moreItalian Police Arrest Sudanese Migrant Smuggler
A 26-year-old Sudanese national, Sabir Ahmed Abdalla was stopped by the Syracuse Police Department on charges of criminal association for ...
Read moreLibyan Police Arrest Main Suspect in Bangladeshi Migrant Massacre
On Monday, Libyan police announced the arrest of one of the main suspects in the massacre of thirty predominantly Bangladeshi ...
Read moreIOM: 41 Dead After Migrant Shipwreck Off Libyan Coast
On Wednesday, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said at least ...
Read moreGermany Welcomes Closure of Migrant Detention Centers in Libya
On Wednesday German Ambassador to Libya, Oliver Owcza discussed Libya's immigration issue with the Head of the Directorate for Combatting ...
Read moreMigrant Rescue Ship Resumes Operations off Libyan Coast
SOS Méditerranée, the European maritime-humanitarian organisation currently operating north of Libya announced that the rescue ship Ocean Viking has left ...
Read moreLibyan Navy Rescues 126 Migrants Northeast of Tripoli
On Monday, the spokesman of the Libyan Navy’s Chief of Staff announced that 126 migrants were rescued from drowning at ...
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