Survivors from a boat that foundered off Libya’s coast on Tuesday said about 50 people who…
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Up to 64 migrants drown in weekend sinking off Libya -NGOs
Up to 64 migrants died off the coast of Libya at the weekend when their flimsy…
Migrants sold into slavery in Libya tell of total hell
Survivors of slave auctions in Libya have described a “total hell” that they wouldn’t wish on…
Libya repatriates 135 Nigerian migrants
Libyan authorities on Thursday repatriated 135 Nigerian migrants, including women and children, who had made failed…
67 migrants saved after being left for dead in Niger desert
Niger authorities rescued 67 West African migrants in Niger’s northern desert this week after traffickers left…
Three killed after migrant boat sinks off coast of Spain
Three migrants from sub-Saharan Africa were killed when their boat capsized in the Mediterranean but the…
Aid groups cut death toll from migrant shipwreck off Libya
Five migrants are believed to have died when a rubber boat sank off the coast of…
11 dead as migrant boat sinks off Turkey coast
Eleven people drowned and four were missing after a migrant boat sank off Turkey’s Aegean coast…
Nigerian migrants flown home from Libya
Libyan authorities on Thursday flew home 159 Nigerian migrants stranded after failing to reach Europe, in…
‘Aware Migrants’ campaign launches in Africa as arrivals to Italy soar
A campaign to inform would-be migrants in Africa about the dangers of heading to Europe via…
521 Migrants including Nigerians, died in Mediterranean in 9 weeks
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has disclosed that 521 migrants of the 19,567, who arrived…
EU president Malta calls on bloc to pay more to move African migrants from Libya back home
The European Union (EU) is being urged by one of its front line states to significantly…