InfoMigrants recently received an open letter penned by a Sudanese refugee, Ahmad Gamal, that addresses the European Parliament. After being forced to flee his native Darfur, the 27-year-old arrived in France in 2017 and now studies sociology at a university in Lyon. In his letter, Ahmad urges the EU to make its fatal migration policies more welcoming and humane.
The Libyan coast guard recovered the bodies of a woman and a child and rescued 73 people after a migrant boat sunk off the coast of Libya on Sunday. Up to 25 migrants remain missing.
Italy and Tunisia have signed several agreements on cooperation in areas including migration and human smuggling. Top government officials from both countries met in Tunis on Tuesday for talks, which also covered the civil war in neighboring Libya.
Nearly four weeks since fighting began near the Libyan capital Tripoli, UNHCR, Italian and Libyan authorities have evacuated 146 refugees to Italy. The refugees were trapped in detention centers near the frontline.
Pope Francis has called for the installation of humanitarian corridors for refugees and migrants trapped in Libyan detention centers during his traditional post-Easter prayer Regina Coeli in Rome. While international organizations try to evacuate migrants from the affected areas in Tripoli, there are reports of migrants being forced to participate in the fighting.
Nearly three weeks since fighting began near the Libyan capital Tripoli, the United Nations warned that refugees and migrants remain exposed to clashes. According to the UN's refugee agency, some 3,600 of them are trapped in detention centers near the frontline.
The UN Refugee Agency’s High Commissioner Filippo Grandi (UNHCR) warned, during a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Monday, that escalating violence in Libya could cause more migration to Europe.
Kelly Clements is Deputy High Commissioner for the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR. She sat down with InfoMigrants' Emma Wallis to talk about her work and about how she and her team are working to empower refugees around the world.
For several days, Tripoli and its surroundings have been the scenes of violent clashes between the internationally recognized government and the self-styled Libyan National Army which has advanced on the capital. As the security situation in Libya deteriorates, food and medical supplies are quickly running out in the country’s migrant detention centers, whose detainees are growing increasingly worried for their safety.
An escalation of fighting in Libya is threatening to turn into "an all-out conflict," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned. An airstrike near Tripoli has shut down the capital's only functioning airport.
Eight years since a NATO-led intervention helped oust Moammar Gadhafi, Libya is mired in civil war involving multiple armed groups and rival governments pitted against each other. DW explains the basics of the conflict.
Migrants reportedly hijacked a cargo ship in Libyan waters and forced the crew to redirect the vessel toward Europe. Maltese armed forces have now escorted it to port.