Libya Migrants

• Migrants blocked from Europe, returned to Libya in ‘vicious cycle of cruelty’: report

  In its latest report, the group also said that rival authorities in eastern Libya forcibly expelled several thousand migrants ``without due process or the opportunity to challenge their deportation.''

  World

  Sep 24, 2020
  
• Pope Francis calls for aid for migrants, end to violence in Libya

  During his weekly blessing overlooking St. Peter's Square, the pontiff called for ``an end to the violence'' and a path toward ``peace, stability and unity'' in the country.

  World

  Jun 14, 2020
  
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• UN plans to cut number of migrants in overcrowded transit centre in Libya

  Libya is a major waypoint for migrants fleeing war and poverty in Africa and the Middle East to Europe.

  World

  Nov 30, 2019
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• At least 40 dead after migrant detention centre in Libya hit by air strike: official

  An air strike late on Tuesday hit a detention centre for mainly African migrants in a suburb of the Libyan capital of Tripoli, killing at least 40 people and wounding 80, a health official said.

  World

  Jul 2, 2019
• 700 migrants stranded in Libya detention center filled with garbage, disease, sewage

  At least 22 migrants have died there since September — a figure confirmed by United Nations and Doctors Without Borders aid workers — and that at least 100 migrants were sick with disease, mainly tuberculosis.

  World

  Jun 30, 2019
• Donations pour in for captain of migrant rescue ship that struck police boat

  Carola Rackete remained under house arrest a day after her ship, the Sea-Watch 3, rammed the Italian border police motorboat that was blocking the entry to the port at Italy's Lampedusa island.

  World

  Jun 30, 2019
• 2 found dead after migrant boat capsizes off Libyan coast: UN

  The International Organization for Migration said the boat was carrying over 95 migrants and floundered off the coast of the western town of Garaboli, 60 kilometres east of the capital, Tripoli.

  Canada

  Jun 2, 2019
• Nearly 150 Europe-bound migrants rescued off the coast of Libya: coast guard

  Libya's coast guard says it has rescued nearly 150 Europe-bound migrants, including women and children, off the country's Mediterranean coast.

  World

  May 12, 2019
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• Rescued migrants hijack cargo ship in Mediterranean Sea: Italian minister

  Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said the merchant ship, El Hiblu 1, rescued migrants in the Mediterranean Sea earlier Wednesday.

  World

  Mar 27, 2019
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• 60 migrants rescued from dinghy afloat in Mediterranean sea after spotted by Spanish ship

  While European politicians bickered about where the migrants should go, those rescued by the Open Arms were jubilant — jumping, chanting and hugging their rescuers.

  Politics

  Jun 30, 2018