Sicily on Monday welcomed nearly 900 migrants rescued in Mediterranean waters off the coast of Libya…
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900 migrants rescued off Libya arrive in Italy
Sicily on Monday welcomed nearly 900 migrants rescued in Mediterranean waters off the coast of Libya…
UN seeks urgent resettlement of 1,300 refugees stranded in Libya
The United Nations urgently appealed Monday for countries to take in 1,300 “extremely vulnerable” refugees stranded…
African Union to bring 20,000 migrants home from Libya
The African Union (AU) has upped its goal to repatriate stranded migrants from Libya, saying in…
African Union to bring 20,000 migrants home from Libya
The African Union (AU) has upped its goal to repatriate stranded migrants from Libya, saying in…
Spain rescues 250 migrants in Mediterranean
Spanish authorities said they rescued over 250 migrants, including children, on Saturday who were making the…
AU: 3,800 migrants in Libya need urgent repatriation
The head of the African Union’s Executive Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, on Thursday said around 3,800…
EU, UN and African leaders draw up emergency plan for migrants in Libya
The European Union, United Nations and African Union have agreed to an emergency plan to dismantle…
Merkel calls for end to migrants smuggling, slavery
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday stressed the importance of ending smuggling and slavery while creating…
3,000 migrants died in Mediterranean in 2017, IOM says
More than 3,000 migrants and refugees have died crossing the Mediterranean in a desperate bid to…