Japan’s foreign ministry said Tuesday it has notified the United Nations Security Council of suspected ship-to-ship…
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UN says Nigerian migrants face unimaginable horrors in Libya
The United Nations has released a new report, which detailed the unimaginable horrors Nigerian migrants were…
1,500 migrants died in Mediterranean in 2018 – UN
The UN says for the fifth straight year, 1,500 migrants perished in the Mediterranean, with the…
UN urges action against $50bn illegal funds from Africa
United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has urged the international community to take action against the flow…
People smuggling worth $7bn a year – UN
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in its Global Study on Smuggling…
UN seeks EU asylum reform over handling of migrant ship
U.N. Refugee Chief, Filippo Grandi, on Wednesday urged the European Union to sort out its…
17m Africans left the continent in 2017, says UN
No fewer than 17 million Africans left the continent in 2017 in search of greener pastures,…
Traffickers kill 12 migrants fleeing Libya camp- UN
The United Nations refugee agency said on Friday that more than 12 migrants were shot dead…
140 African migrants escape from their captors in Libya, UN says
About 140 East African migrants escaped from smugglers holding them captive near the Libyan town of…