Libya migrant boat crisis
Dozens of migrants drown off Tunisia coast after leaving Libya
This was one the deadliest shipwrecks involving migrants trying to reach Europe illegally this year.
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Migrant arrivals to Italy by sea fall by a third in 2017
Deaths at sea have declined as well, according to the IOM, with 2,833 this year, down more than 38% from 4,581 last year.
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UN pushing sharp increase in migrant returns from Libya
Numbers in about 16 centres rose to nearly 20,000, from 5,000-7,000 previously, leading to a worsening of already poor conditions.
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Libyan coast guard intercepts nearly 300 Europe-bound migrants
The migrants were intercepted near the town of Zliten by one of several coastguard vessels that Italy repaired and delivered to Libya earlier this year.
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How migration is changing the world’s cities
A new report by the World Economic Forum looks at these patterns of migration and how they affect the world’s cities.
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Libyan coastguards turn back more than 1,000 migrants - spokesman
Those trying to cross early on Saturday were intercepted by coastguards from Zawiya, about 45 km west of Tripoli.
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Dozens of migrants believed missing off Libya
Libyan coast guards rescued about 85 migrants off the shore east of Tripoli but about 40 more were believed to be missing, a coast guard officer said.
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Irish naval ship rescues over 700 migrants off Libyan coast
The LÉ Eithne ship rescued 712 people off the coast of Tripoli as part of an international migrant rescue effort, Ireland’s Defence Forces said.
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If we can help Somalia, we can help Libya’s migrants too
There are at least 400,000 migrants inside Libya now, many held in detention centres with appalling conditions, writes William Lacy Swing.
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ICC prosecutor mulls inquiry on crimes against migrants in Libya
The United Nations migration agency said more than 1,000 migrants have been reported dead or missing in the Mediterranean this year.
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#MigrantCrisis: Bodies of at least 85 migrants washed up in western Libya
Many of the boats are believed to have left from the shore around Zuwara and Sabratha in Libya's northwest.
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Facebook mistook Libyan shipwreck photos for spam
Facebook has apologised after they temporarily took down photos of a shipwreck off the coast of Libya.
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Coast guard: Some 50 migrants found dead in boat off Libya
An Italian coast guard vessel saved 113 people from a partially-deflated rubber boat.
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Tunisia rescues 350 migrants bound for Italy
Boat smugglers often use Tunisia’s proximity to the Italian coast to ship migrants there.
