IOM says 3,000 migrants in inhumane conditions in Tripoli
The UN Migration Agency (IOM), following the migrant killing at the Tajoura detention center in Libya, said 3,000 migrants and refugees are still arbitrarily detained in and around Tripoli.
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Lorry driver finds 22 Iraqis hiding on rig
Italian authorities found 22 Iraqi migrants travelling on a lorry from Turkey. The driver had discovered them hiding on his rig.
Italian coast guard brings ashore migrants on Lampedusa
An Italian coast guard vessel has safely landed 55 migrants on the island of Lampdusa after rescuing them from nearby waters. However, Rome has also refused entry to a ship that rescued migrants in distress off Libya.
Scores of migrants missing off Tunisian coast
A boat carrying 86 migrants from Libya sank off the Tunisian coast in the Mediterranean Sea and only three passengers are known to have survived the shipwreck, the UN migration agency said Thursday.
UN Special Envoy on Migration accuses EU of ‘blindness’
Vincent Cochetel, the UN Special Envoy on Migration accused the EU of “blindness” when it comes to the plight of refugees and migrants in Libya. Following Tuesday’s airstrike which hit a migrant detention center in Libya, he once ag1