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Africa: Migrant Deaths Will Rise as Rescue Mission Ends in Mediterranean Sea
VOA, 9 December 2018
Leading U.N. humanitarian agencies warn migrant deaths in the Mediterranean Sea will multiply with the end of sea and rescue operations by Doctors Without Borders and its partner… Read more »
Migrant Deaths to Rise as Mediterranean Rescue Mission Ends?
Doctors Without Borders and its partner SOS Mediterranee have been pressured by the European Union to put their ship, the Aquarius, into dry dock and abandon their life-saving migrant rescue mission.
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Africa: Risky Journey to Europe
Africa Renewal, 7 December 2018
Search for greener pastures carries deadly consequences Read more »
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Libya: Migrant Rescue Ship Aquarius to End Operations
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 6 December 2018
The Aquarius was the last charity rescue ship operating off of Libya Read more »
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Africa: New Italian Law Adds to Unofficial Clampdown On Aid to Asylum Seekers
IRIN, 7 December 2018
"Hundreds have already been expelled from reception centres" Read more »
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Africa: 12 Dead in Latest Mediterranean Sea Shipwreck
CAJ News, 7 December 2018
LIBYAN authorities are under criticism for the continued insistence on detaining hundreds of refugees and migrants rescued from the Mediterranean Sea during failed attempts to… Read more »
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Africa: High-Level Panel On Migration Convenes Dialogue On African Perspectives in the Global Compact
UNECA, 6 December 2018
The High-Level Panel on Migration in Africa (HLPM), the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union Commission (AUC), will jointly convene a side event under the… Read more »
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Africa: EU, AU Move to Ease Legal Migration to Europe
Guardian, 30 November 2018
The African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU) have stepped up efforts with member countries to ease legal migration to European countries with a view to checking the number of… Read more »
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Morocco: Spanish Navy Rescues 9 Moroccan Irregular Migrants Off Morocco's Coast
Shabelle, 25 November 2018
Morocco's navy on Saturday found the bodies of 15 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa on board a boat stranded at sea for days and rescued 53 survivors, a military source said. Read more »
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Nigeria: UN Urges End to Detention of Asylum Seekers in Libya
Premium Times, 24 November 2018
The UN has denounced the dangers faced by migrants and asylum seekers in Libya, calling for an end to their detention. Read more »
InFocus
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Friday's rescues come a day after a shipwreck left at least 97 migrants feared drowned off Libya. Read more »
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At least 880 people are feared to have drowned in one week in three ship wrecks as they tried to reach Europe with the aid of smugglers. Read more »
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The Italian Navy rescued 320 migrants from a smugglers' boat, while other people who were stuck in the hold died. Read more »
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Only about 50 of the 700 migrants reported to be aboard a Europe-bound boat which capsized in Libyan waters have been rescued. Read more »
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Italian authorities say the number of migrants crossing from Libya to Europe has increased, with over 100 000 arrivals in 2014. This as 3,500 migrants were rescued and at least 18 ... Read more »
