The UN says for the fifth straight year, 1,500 migrants perished in the Mediterranean, with the…
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EU offers to shoulder cost of taking in migrants
The European Commission offered on Tuesday to shoulder the cost of taking in migrants from boats…
Boat carrying 40 migrants stranded in Tunisia
A Tunisian boat carrying 40 African migrants has been stranded off the country’s coast without aid…
Libya coast guard intercepts 156 migrants – Navy
Libya’s Navy on Thursday said that the country’s coast guard intercepted 156 migrants on a rubber…
Libyan coast guard intercepts 156 migrants – Navy
Libya’s Navy on Thursday said that the country’s coast guard intercepted 156 migrants on a rubber…
Libya: Two migrants die on boat abandoned by coast guard
A woman and a boy adrift in the Mediterranean died just hours before help reached their…
Libyan coast guard intercepts 160 migrants
Libya’s coast guard has intercepted some 160 Europe-bound African migrants, including dozens of children and women,…
Eight migrants found dead in truck
Eight migrants, mostly children, suffocated to death trapped in a refrigerator truck carrying around 100 people…
Algeria repatriates 400 migrants to Niger
Algeria has deported nearly 400 African migrants trying to reach Europe, sending them back over the…
Libya: Fumes kill eight migrants in lorry container
Eight migrants including six children on Monday were found dead after suffocating from petrol fumes while…
Libya: Coastguard intercepts 2,000 migrants in one week
Libyan coastguards on Sunday picked up 948 African migrants on inflatable boats in several operations and…
PHOTOS: Maersk containership picks up 113 migrants off Italy
The container ship Alexander Maersk picked up 113 migrants from a boat off southern Italy early on…