UNHCR Rescues 227 Migrants off Libyan Coast
On Sunday, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced the repatriation of 227 refugees and migrants to Libya ...
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GNA Forces Kidnap Over 60 Migrants In Tripoli
On Saturday, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) announced that armed Libyan forces affiliated with the Government of National Accord (GNA) are ...
Read moreMSF Calls for the Release of 60 Migrants from Libyan Detention Centres
On Friday, the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) called for the immediate release of 60 people held ...
Read moreAfrican Migrants Protest Treatment in Libya
On Thursday, dozens of refugees and African migrants staged a protest outside the UN High Commissioner for Refugees' (UNHCR) headquarters ...
Read moreLibya’s GNA Interior Minister Discusses Migrant Crisis with UN Humanitarian Coordinator
On Tuesday, the Interior Minister of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Fathi Bashagha, received the head of the UN ...
Read moreWilliams Calls for Release of Thousands of Detained Migrants
On Monday, Stephanie Williams, the acting head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), called for the immediate ...
Read moreOHCHR Denounces Violence Against Migrants Departing Libya to Europe
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has called for urgent action to address the ...
Read morePope Francis Prays for Migrants as Hundreds Drown in Mediterranean
Pope Francis asked the world to pray for the refugees and migrants, at the close of a deadly week in ...
Read moreIOM Reports Death of 16 Migrants off Libyan Coast
At least 13 immigrants died, and another three bodies recovered, after a migrant boat sank off the coast of Libya, ...
Read moreMigrants at Risk of Drowning in Mediterranean
A boat carrying 86 distressed migrants is at severe risk of sinking between Libya and the Italian island of Lampedusa, ...
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