115 rescued, 5 dead in Libya wreck - Libyan Navy
Libyan coast guards have rescued 115 migrants off Mellitah, west of Tripoli, according to a statement posted on Facebook by Libya's Navy. At least five were reported dead in the shipwreck.
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Doctors aboard Aquarius told migrants 'not to give up'
Doctors and operators aboard migrant-rescue vessel, Aquarius, talk about the days at sea during which they supported the migrants until their arrival in Valencia.
Millions of migrants trafficked in 2016: UN study
According to the first ever global study on people smuggling, at least 2.5 million migrants were trafficked in 2016. The study was released Wednesday by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Uncertain future for rescued migrants aboard US ship
The US Navy has not received instructions on where to take the dozens of migrants it rescued off the Libyan coast earlier this week. Italy's far-right interior minister Matteo Salvini has vowed to stop foreign boats carrying migrants from arriving in Italy.
Is the EU's border externalization policy violating human rights?
The EU has partnered with the Egyptian and Libyan governments, among others, to prevent migrants from reaching Europe. How does this policy work and whom does it benefit?
IOM helps 150 Somali immigrants return home from Libya
A reported 150 Somali migrants were able to travel back to their home country from Libya with the support of UN agency International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the European Union. It was the fourth and largest such initiative as part of the program concerning the voluntary return of Somali citizens to their home country.
Migrant victims in Libya after traffickers shoot at escapees
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) reported that more than 100 migrants and refugees who were being held prisoner by human traffickers were hit by gunshots while trying to escape from a clandestine prison in northwest Libya. MSF said the shooting resulted in numerous deaths and injuries.
EU policies 'led to increase in Libya trafficking routes'
A recent study by the REACH initiative, funded by UNHCR, has found that European Union measures implemented in Libya since the beginning of last year have led to an increase in internal trafficking routes and that the living conditions of migrants in the country have not improved.
Report criticizes EU agreements with authoritarian transit countries to stop refugees
A report by the Transnational Institute in collaboration with Dutch anti-arms trade organization Stop Wapenhandel said Europe "is making deadly agreements with dictators to stop refugees" and "has turned its back on an unconditional commitment to human rights, democracy, freedom and human dignity." The report said that in recent years, Europe has expanded "in a problematic way its own border externalization policies" which bring "advantages to the security industry but provoke highly damaging human and development costs."
MSF says migrants in Libyan detention 'enduring hell'
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) reports that there are 700,000 migrants in Libya and torture is increasing in the country's clandestine prisons.
UN considers sanctions on Libya over migrant smuggling
The sanctions would include a blacklist on six men described as top operators in transnational smuggling networks. But Russia has requested more evidence before the sanctions can go into effect.
IOM says 706 Ghanaians repatriated voluntarily from Libya
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that a reported 706 Ghanaian migrants have been repatriated from Libya since June last year as part of a program on voluntary assisted repatriations in cooperation with the European Union.