UN condemns violence against migrants in Libya
Various UN agencies have denounced violence against migrants in Libya after security forces shot dead at least half a dozen asylum seekers in recent days.
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Geo Barents: 60 migrants disembarked in Sicily
The Geo Barents rescue ship, run by the medical charity Doctors without Borders (MSF), docked in a Sicilian port on Wednesday and disembarked the 60 migrants it had rescued just over a week earlier.
EU's Josep Borrell visits Libya
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell visited Libya on Wednesday. He said that he hopes that more political stability in the country will make it "easier to find more humane solutions for migrants."
Couple torn apart in Libya shares story of migration dangers
A Nigerian couple heading to Europe via Libya was separated and forced to suffer at the hands of ruthless smugglers. Thanks to a safe house supported by the UN and the medical charity MSF, the two were eventually reunited.
Migrants on Ocean Viking say they had been beaten
Survivors rescued by the NGO ship SOS Mediterranee say that they had been subjected to violence during their journey towards Europe.They say that had spent three days at sea prior to the rescue and had run out of water and fuel shortly after the journey began.
Amnesty condemns 'complicity' of European states in Libya migrant 'horror'
Amnesty said it found new evidence of "harrowing violations, including sexual violence, against men, women and children" living in Libyan detention camps after being returned from the Mediterranean.
Tunisia rescues 267 migrants at sea
Tunisian authorities rescued 267 migrants in Mediterranean Sea on Thursday, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The migrants had tried to reach Europe from neighbouring Libya.
MSF to suspend activities in two Libyan detention centers
The medical charity Doctors without borders (MSF) has announced it will suspend its medical activities in two Libyan detention centers because the levels of violence taking place there are "no longer acceptable."
Libya: Teenage girls sexually abused in Shara al-Zawiya detention center
There are growing calls for the release of five girls being held in a government-run migrant detention center in Libya. One of the girls told the Associated Press that all of them had been subjected to sexual abuse.
Accusations of 'illegal pushbacks' leveled at supply ship Vos Triton in Mediterranean
Humanitarian rescue organizations are accusing a supply ship, the Vos Triton, of participating in what they call an "illegal pushback" to Libya, in which migrants rescued from a drifting boat were handed over to the Libyan coast guard.
Aita Mari disembarks 50 migrants in Sicily
The humanitarian rescue ship Aita Mari disembarked 50 migrants in the Sicilian port of Augusta on June 1. All COVID tests from the migrants on board resulted negative, said the organization that runs the ship.
Bodies of three migrant children wash ashore in 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.