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Migrant Influx To Europe Hits 100,000 In 2017
More than 100,000 migrants have made the perilous Mediterranean crossing to Europe this year, the UN said Tuesday, amid...
Italy Threatens To BAN Migrant Vessels Amid ‘unsustainable’ Influx
Italy has threatened to close its ports to aid groups rescuing migrants off Libya's coast as it struggles to cope with...
Migrant Influx Shifting But No Let-Up
The migrants pouring into Europe have changed routes: the crossing between Turkey and Greece is practically closed, but...
To Europe, Whatever the Risk
Uche's real journey had yet to begin but he had already spent four days in the northern Nigerian city of Kano after...
Rescuers Pull 2,300 Migrants, Two Dead From Mediterranean
Around 2,300 migrants were rescued off the coast of Libya on Thursday and two others were found dead in operations...
Migrant Rescues, Deaths In Med As NGOs Cry Foul
Rescuers in the Mediterranean raced Friday to the aid of more than 20 migrant dinghies in distress as the debate in...
4 Killed As Libyan Coastguard Battles People-Smugglers
Gambians deported from Libya stand in line as they wait for registration at the airport in Banjul Four suspected...
Libya Says EU Naval Operation ‘encourages’ Migrants
Libyan Foreign Minister Mohamad Taher Siala on Friday urged the EU to rethink its naval operation in the Mediterranean,...
128 Nigerians, Other Migrants Drown In Mediterranean Sea In 21 Days
International Organisation on Migration (IOM), said 128 migrants, comprising Nigerians and other West Africans, died...
Hundreds Feared Dead In the Mediterranean Sea
About 250 people are feared drowned in the Mediterranean after two partially submerged rubber dinghies were found off...
Libya Rescues 420 Migrants Off Its Coast
Libya has in two days rescued 420 migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe, a navy spokesman said Monday,...
Europe, N.Africa Ministers Seek To Curb Libya Migrant Flows
Interior ministers mainly from the central Mediterranean region met in Rome on Monday to ramp up efforts to curb...
More Than 700 Migrants Rescued Off Libya
About 730 migrants were rescued off the Libyan coast on Wednesday after seven rescue operations mounted by the Italian...
240 Migrants Drowned Off Libyan Coast On Wednesday
At least 240 migrants have drowned off the coast of Libya within the last 48 hours, possibly as an unintended...
EU Gets Tough On African Migrants
'No more Mr. Nice Guy': EU gets tough on African migrants Migrants crossing the Sahara desert into Libya ride on the...