Williams 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 ...
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OHCHR 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, ...
Read more114 Migrants Rescued Near Libya’s Coast
On Sunday, the German Sea-Eye volunteer organisation rescued 114 migrants from two ships stranded off the Libyan coast, according to ...
Read moreGuterres Concerned over Migrants Returning to Libya
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed concern about reports of coordinated operations to stop migrant boats and the use ...
Read moreBoat Capsizes off Libya Coast
On Saturday, families of a number of young Egyptian revealed that at least 17 people are missing after a boat ...
Read moreLibyan Human Rights Committee Condemns Drowning of Migrants
On Thursday, the National Commission for Human Rights in Libya voiced its regret over the drowning of 24 migrants. Their ...
Read more107 Migrants Arrive on the Coast of Lampedusa from Libya
A group of migrants landed on the coast of Lampedusa, in the Sicilian town of Agrigento, coming from the Libyan ...
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