A total of around 20 migrants are feared to have died trying to cross the Mediterranean…
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Italy arrests Libyan suspected of involvement in migrant murder
Italy has arrested a Libyan man suspected of involvement in the killing last week of a…
Libya’s coastguard intercepts, turns back 500 migrants
Libya’s coastguard said it intercepted nearly 500 migrants packed onto a wooden boat and returned them…
Italy builds detention centres for deportation of migrants from Nigeria, other countries
Italy will open new detention centres across the country in the next few months as part…
ICC prosecutor mulls inquiry on crimes against migrants in Libya
The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor expressed alarm on Monday at the inhumane detention of…
200 migrants drown in Mediterranean shipwrecks
Almost 200 people are feared to have died in two Mediterranean Sea migrant shipwrecks during the…
Smuggling: Five children, three others die of thirst in Niger
Eight migrants, five of them children, have died of thirst in the Niger desert while making…
Nigeria ranked second of migrants origin on sea route to Europe
The number of African migrants on sea route to Europe has surged in recent times despite…
16 migrants die as boat sinks off Greece
Greece’s port police said Monday at least 16 people including women and children have died…
Fewer migrants are crossing Niger for Libya: IOM
The number of migrants crossing Niger to reach Libya has declined, the International Organisation for Migration…
Libya fishermen find 28 dead migrants in boat
Libyan fishermen found the bodies of 28 illegal migrants who appeared to have died of thirst…
Nearly 9,000 migrants rescued in Mediterranean over weekend – IOM
Nearly 9,000 mainly African migrants were rescued in the Mediterranean this past long weekend, after setting…