At least 17 migrants dead off Tunisian coast
At least 17 Bengali migrants have drowned in a shipwreck off the Tunisian coast as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy from Libya. Some reports say that the number of deaths may yet rise.
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Italy: Lower house approves renewed funding for Libya's coast guard
Italian lawmakers have approved renewed funding to train Libya's coast guard. The vote came just one day after the release of a report outlining the violence that migrants rescued by the coast guard face in Libyan detention centers.
Rome: Protest against Italy's cooperation with Libya
Migrant rights activists staged a protest in Rome because of a vote to renew Italy's cooperation with Libyan authorities. They demanded Italy stop funding and training Libya's coast guard, given that migrants returned to Libya face severe human rights abuses.
Libyan gunshot attack on migrant boat – Italy seeks investigation
Italian prosecutors said they are seeking government permission to investigate footage purportedly showing the Libyan coast guard firing shots at a migrant boat in the Mediterranean Sea. The video was filmed by rescue organization Sea-Watch, who also filed the complaint.
Oxfam says Italy must stop financing Libyan coast guards
Oxfam has asked Italy to stop funding Libya's coast guards, stressing the need for a change of approach with the direct management of migration flows.
Libyan coast guard fires live ammunition at migrant boat
The non-profit sea rescue group Sea-Watch on June 30 said it witnessed the Libyan coast guard fire live ammunition at a migrant boat in an apparent effort to stop the crowded boat from crossing the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe.
Migrants in distress returned to Libya – on Malta's request
Some 90 migrants on a boat in distress were reportedly intercepted and returned to Libya over the weekend. The NGO Sea-Watch said Maltese authorities shared the boat's location with the Libyan coast guard to prevent it from reaching Maltese waters.
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."
Italy agrees to take 86 migrants rescued by German ship 'Nadir'
Italy has agreed to take in 86 people found drifting in the Mediterranean on Wednesday. The migrants were rescued by a small private vessel, Nadir, which said it refused to hand them over to Libyan authorities.
IOM and UNHCR condemn the return of migrants and refugees to 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.
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.
410 migrants on board the Geo Barents, searching for a safe harbor
The humanitarian rescue ship Geo Barents, run by the organization Doctors without Borders (MSF), is now searching for a safe harbor in which to disembark the 410 migrants it rescued in the central Mediterranean over the last few days.