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Parliament Briefed On Horrifying Situation In Libya

Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament and MP for Nsawam Adoagyiri, Annor Dompreh has briefed...

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Truth About Ghanaian Migrants Allegedly Sold Into Slavery

Libya Slave Trade – Responding to the massive calls for government intervention in the slavery crisis in Libya,...

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France Will Set Up ‘hotspots’ In Libya To Find Genuine Asylum Seekers

French president Emmanuel Macron has announced his country will set up processing 'hotspots' in Libya for asylum...

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France Announces Plan To Vet Asylum-Seekers In Libya

France will set up processing centres in Libya for asylum seekers trying to reach Europe across the Mediterranean,...

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France To Conduct Asylum Seeker Checks In Libya

France will set up processing centres this summer in Libya for asylum seekers trying to reach Europe across the...

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Key Challenges In Putting An End To Libya’s Chaos

France is hosting a rare meeting on Tuesday between Libya's UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj and military...

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Rival Libyan Leaders In France To Seek Way Out of Chaos

Libya's UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj holds French-brokered talks Tuesday with Khalifa Haftar, the rival...

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Libya Rescues 150 Europe-Bound Migrants Off Tripoli

Libya's coastguard rescued at least 150 migrants who were trying to reach Europe on Monday, after their inflatable boat...

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Immigration Service Intensifies Fight Against Cross Border Crimes

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has indicated its preparedness to tackle cross border crimes including human...

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Migrants Rescued Crossing Sahara Desert

Twenty-three west African migrants, including a seven-year-old girl, were found alive after being abandoned in the...

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Return To Mosul A Distant Dream For Many Displaced

Yassin Najem knows he has to start again from scratch. His home in Mosul has been bombed, and for him and thousands...

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More Than 800,000 People Still Displaced From Mosul

More than a million people were displaced from Mosul by the battle in the Iraqi city against the Islamic State group,...

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Immigration Service Opens Border Post At Agortime-Afegame

The has opened a new border post in Agortime-Afegame in the Volta Region to improve surveillance in fighting...

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67 Migrants Saved After Being Left For Dead In Niger Desert

Niger authorities rescued 67 West African migrants in Niger's northern desert this week after traffickers left them...

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Dozens Feared Drowned After ‘migrant Boat Sinks Off Libya’

Some 60 people are missing and believed drowned after the dinghy they were on sank off Libya, the International...

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IOM Says 600 Migrants Saved From Niger In Three Months

Some 600 West African migrants heading for Europe have been saved since April from the Niger desert after being...

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Human Trafficking Report Rates Ghana Favourably

Ghana has been ranked a Tier 2 Watch List country in the 2017 Trafficking in Persons report released on Tuesday by the...

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Nearly 130 Migrants Feared Dead In Mediterranean After Shipwreck

At least 126 migrants were feared dead after their boat sank off the coast of Libya while trying to make the perilous...

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Danger, Extortion, Suffering On Migrant Route To Europe

Extortion, corruption and fear; violence, hunger and sometimes even death: for west African migrants dreaming of...