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Migrants rescued at sea in Motril, Andalucia, Spain. They were rescued at sea as they were trying to reach Spanish coasts.Credit: EPA/MIGUEL PAQUET

Spain negotiates with Libya over 12 rescued migrants

Spanish and Libyan authorities have started talks to bring back to the North African country 12 migrants rescued in international waters on November 22, while NGOs oppose their return to Libya.

Lado Gvilava, head of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Turkey. CREDIT: IOM

IOM says EU-Turkey migrant accord works

Lado Gvilava, head of mission in Turkey for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), told ANSA that the impact of the EU-Turkey migrant accord "has been quite positive."

Amnesty International's Secretary General, Kumi Naidoo, holding in his arms the child of a migrant while talking with women migrants and refugees during his visit at the 'Melissa' network for migrant women in Athens.PHOTO/ARCHIVE/EPA/SIMELA PANTZARTZI

Lesbos refugee center 'scar on Europe's conscience', Amnesty

Amnesty International visited the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, and in a letter to Greece's Prime minister defines it "a scar on the conscience of Europe."

The 'mother' fishing boat, part of an alleged new technique employed by traffickers. CREDIT: GUARDIA DI FINANZA POLICE

Fishing boat towed migrant boat, finance police stop crew

Italian authorities stopped six members of the crew of a fishing boat that towed a boat with 68 migrants aboard to Italy. The suspects are accused of facilitating illegal immigration through a new technique used by traffickers to br1

Moria refugee camp seen through a makeshift shelter

Greek authorities accused over death in migrant camp

Authorities in Greece are being sued over the death of a migrant on Lesbos. It is the first time anyone has demanded compensation for the conditions suffered by refugees on the island.