Sea-Watch Rescues 129 Migrants Off Libyan Coast
The German Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Sea-Watch, announced that it had rescued 129 migrants on Saturday and Sunday. The first 121 ...
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Italy Arrests Smuggler after Migrants Die in Boat
On Saturday, Italy police said they had arrested an Egyptian suspected of trafficking migrants across the Mediterranean during a trip ...
Read morePope: Migrants Arriving from Libya Must be Welcomed
Pope Francis denounced the dangerous camps in Libya, where migrants and asylum seekers are detained in unsuitable conditions. “In Libya, ...
Read moreItaly Sentences Two Migrant Smugglers to 20 Years over Abuse in Libya
An Italian court has sentenced two men to 20-year prison terms for allegedly detaining and torturing migrants in Libya. Both ...
Read moreLibya’s Private Sector to Support IDP Initiatives
The Office of the Libyan Minister of State for Displaced Affairs and Human Rights announced three initiatives for internally displaced ...
Read moreEU Spent €500 Million on Libya’s Coast Guard
On Wednesday, Henrike Trautmann, an official at the European Commission's directorate for neighbourhood and enlargement policies said that the European ...
Read more20,000 Migrants Returned to Libya in 2021 Are Missing
Over 20,000 migrants who were returned to Libya by the country’s Coast Guard in 2021 have gone missing, according to ...
Read moreAmnesty Urges EU to Stop Returning Migrants to Libya
On Monday, Amnesty International urged the European Union to reverse its migration policy on Libya. It described the approach as ...
Read more500 Migrants Rescued Off Libyan Coast
On Sunday, the Stability Support Apparatus (SSA) announced that it had managed to rescue nearly 500 migrants. They were rescued ...
Read moreUNHCR: Libya Abandoning Migrants In Desert
Libya is forcing migrants across its land borders into "no man's land”, remote stretches of the desert without water, Benjamin ...
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