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• Tunisia
• Libya
• Greece

In the first six months of 2021, the number of migrants who died at sea in an attempt to reach Europe more than doubled compared to the same period in 2020, according to UN migration agency IOM. Most migrants died on the central Mediterranean route or en route to Spain's Canaries.

• Libya

Amadi*, a 24-year-old Malian, contacted InfoMigrants to tell us about his experiences in one of Libya's state prisons. Violence against migrants in these detention centers has been well-documented and condemned, yet it continues.

• Western Sahara
• Spain

More than 40 migrants trying to reach Spain’s Canary Islands from West Africa have reportedly died in shipwrecks in the past few days. Several hundred others made the crossing to arrive in Spanish territory.

• Libya

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN refugee agency UNHCR issued a joint statement on June 16 condemning the return of over 270 migrants to the Libyan coast guard.

• Ethiopia
• Djibouti
• Yemen

A boat thought to have been carrying between 160 and 200 people overturned at the weekend off the coast of Yemen. The bodies of 25 migrants have already been recovered and as many as 175 migrants are still missing.

• Libya

A UN agency reported that the bodies of three children washed ashore in Libya last week. The children are believed to have been part of a group of migrants bound for Europe.

• Djibouti
• Somalia
• Ethiopia

Restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19 impacted more than 300,000 people in East Africa and the Horn of Africa last year, a new report by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) found. Meanwhile, the number of migrant crossing to Yemen dramatically decreased in 2020.

• Yemen

The International Organization for Migration is supporting the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Yemen and said it welcomes the government's decision to also immunize migrants.

• Libya
• Bangladesh

The International Organization for Migration (IOM), in coordination with the government of Bangladesh, has facilitated the return of 160 Bangladeshi migrants stranded in Libya, the UN agency said in a statement.

• Libya

A child was among at least five people who drowned at the weekend when a boat carrying about 45 migrants capsized off Libya. More than 700 migrants were intercepted and returned by Libyan coast guards.

• Italy
• Libya

Some 830 migrants trying to reach Europe from Libya have been returned since mid-last week, including over 600 on Friday and Saturday, according to the IOM and Libya's navy. Eleven migrants reportedly drowned off Libya on Sunday. Separately, UNICEF warned of the dire situation of tens of thousands of migrant and refugee children in Libya.

• Spain
• Canary Islands

The UN agencies UNHCR and IOM have spoken out against a steady increase in the number of migrants dying at sea after a boat was found near the Tenerife island with the corpses of 24 migrants onboard.