A UN fact-finding mission to Libya uncovered multiple war crimes and crimes against humanity. Migrants, in particular, have been targeted, and it said EU support to authorities have contributed to the abuse.
The number of migrants reaching the southern Italy is reaching new records. Over the weekend, a total of 5,573 people were reported to have made their way to the EU territory. Many fear the beginnings of another migration crisis.
Libya's coast guard fired warning shots over a humanitarian vessel as it attempted to rescue a rubber boat carrying migrants off Libya's coast over the weekend, sea rescue group SOS Mediterranee said. Another charity published footage of shots fired in the water in an apparent attempt to force migrants on board.
Siful survived a shipwreck off Libya in which 30 migrants died. The 33-year-old from Bangladesh told us his story.
A total of 105 migrants arrived in Bari on March 10 after they were rescued by the private rescue crew of Life Support, a ship run by Emergency. Speaking with the NGO, the migrants told stories of abuse and torture in Libya.
At least 30 people are missing and 17 were rescued after a boat with migrants capsized en route to Italy from Libya over the weekend, Italy's coast guard says. Separately, more than 1,300 migrants were brought ashore in Italy after multiple rescues.
Rescuers aboard search-and-rescue vessels on the Mediterranean tell InfoMigrants they're seeing far fewer search vessels at sea than normal, and the Italian decree governing missions is prohibiting them from being able to save people in distress.
Arnaud Yao experienced slavery in Libya before crossing the Mediterranean to reach Italy. The 28-year-old Ivorian uses his experience to help other migrants on the Franco-Italian border.
Around 5,000 migrants are currently being held in Libyan detention centers, according to official numbers. The head of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) says this figure is just the tip of the iceberg, with many more suffering in unofficial detention facilities.
Twenty-two Syrian migrants who have spent more than five months in Libya are on a hunger strike to demand their release, a human rights group has said. Thousands of migrants are detained under appalling conditions in the north African country.
The 28 unaccompanied minors on the Emergency-run Life Support ship that reached the port of Civitavecchia near Rome on February 19 included Keda, 16. He left Nigeria when he was 14 to help his poverty-stricken family.
Dozens of migrants are thought to have died after their inflatable rubber boat sunk off the coast of Libya, marking the latest tragedy on the world's deadliest migration route. Authorities have retrieved 11 bodies so far.