Migrants stranded on animal cargo ship off Malta
52 people rescued from the Mediterranean on Saturday remain stranded on a livestock transport ship, MV Talia. Both Italy and Malta have denied them permission to disembark.
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Ethiopian migrants in Lebanon offered temporary shelter
Lebanon is providing temporary shelter for a group of Ethiopian domestic workers abandoned by their employers. It will repatriate some of them, but COVID-19 quarantine measures mean the pressures of returning home are likely to be even greater.
Mediterranean migrant arrivals reach 6,413 in 2019
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has said that 6,413 migrants and refugees have reached Europe by sea in 2019 as of February 3. A total of 208 were reported to have died during the crossing over the same period.
Helping the victims of FGM in Africa
Many girls and women in Africa suffer from the effects of female genital mutilation (FGM), although it is banned in several countries. Doctors on the ground and in Germany provide medical and psychological help.
IOM moves 233 Ethiopian migrants out of Yemen this week
The UN migration agency IOM has over the past week taken 233 Ethiopian migrants out of Yemen on two trips via sea with the aim of returning them to their countries of origin.