Tunisia Transfers Hundreds of Migrants Trapped on Libyan Border
On Tuesday, at least 500 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa were transferred across Tunisia, after being pushed into a dangerous no-man’s-land ...
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Libya’s Coast Guard Fires at NGO Rescue Boats
On Monday, the Libyan Coast Guard reportedly fired at two rescue boats belonging to the NGO, SOS Mediterranée in international ...
Read moreLibyan Police Arrest 70 Migrants in Zliten
On Sunday, the Libyan Ministry of Interior announced that more than 70 migrants were found hiding inside a truck loaded ...
Read moreLibyan-Tunisian FM’s Discuss Migrant Situation
Tunisian and Libyan officials held a telephone call to discuss the presence of Sub-Saharan African migrants, on their shared border. ...
Read moreHRW Urges Tunisia to End Expulsion of Migrants to Libyan Borders
On Friday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Tunisia to put an end to the “collective expulsions” of Black African migrants ...
Read moreDiplomatic Crisis Looms as Tunisia Moves Migrants Towards Libyan Border
On Thursday, the Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights (TFESR) sounded the alarm over the potential for a diplomatic ...
Read moreTunisia Moves Hundreds of Migrants to Border Near Libya
Over 400 sub-Saharan migrants and asylum seekers were forcibly expelled to the borders with Libya, a Tunisian rights group and ...
Read moreIOM: 601 Migrants Intercepted & Returned to Libya
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) announced that Libyan patrols have intercepted 601 migrants within a week, and returned them ...
Read more2 Migrant Bodies Found Off Libyan Coast
The Libyan authorities have found two bodies on the Mediterranean coast, in the north of the country, suspected to be ...
Read moreGreek PM Calls For Cooperation With Libya To Control Migrant Flow
On Friday, the Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, asserted that human smugglers are primarily accountable for the mid-June boat disaster ...
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