19 die in migrant crossing from Libya to Italy
Italy’s coast guard recovered 19 bodies and rescued 58 migrants from a boat crossing from Libya near Lampedusa on April...
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Tunisia defends voluntary return policy amid European pressure
Tunisia’s Foreign Minister, Mohamed Ali Nafti, reaffirmed the country’s voluntary return policy for irregular migrants on March 25th, saying it...
UN says 2025 deadliest year on Red Sea migrant route
The United Nations has said 2025 was the deadliest year on record for migrants travelling along the “Eastern Route” from...
Migrant deaths persist as Libya anchors Europe’s migration policy
Bodies brought back by the sea continue to wash up along Libya’s coastline. Volunteers from the Libyan Red Crescent in...
UN migration chief visits Libya amid migrant crisis
The head of the International Organization for Migration arrived in Libya on December 16th for a high-level visit aimed at...
Insurgents displace tens of thousands from northern Mozambique
As attacks escalate in northern Mozambique, the UN warns of a worsening humanitarian disaster that could give a boon to...
Sudan: IPC warns of famine risk in 14 areas
With no end in sight for Sudan’s civil war, the world’s leading hunger monitor has warned that an unprecedented number...
Libya repatriates 174 irregular migrants to Nigeria
Libyan authorities have continued repatriations of sub-Saharan irregular migrants, as the North African country struggles to contain its illicit people...
Internally displaced in Sudan conflict nears 10 million
The ongoing Sudan conflict stands as the world’s greatest humanitarian tragedy with internal displacement, food insecurity, and ethnic violence rising....
1,300 lost at sea in 2023, Tunisian NGO claims
Just over 1,300 clandestine migrants died at sea attempting to get to the European continent from Tunisia last year, according...
Libya deports Egyptian migrants
Libyan authorities deported 350 irregular Egyptian migrants on January 31st, according to AFP. The country’s Mediterranean coast has become a...
Almost 100 migrant deaths and disappearances in January 2024
Almost 100 deaths and disappearances of migrants crossing the Mediterranean have been recorded since the new year, according to Reuters...
60 migrants feared drowned off Libyan coast
British state broadcaster BBC News reported on December 17 that 60 migrants were feared drowned off Libya. The International Organization...
UN says that Libya floods displaced 43,000
In the aftermath of a catastrophic flood disaster in Libya's city of Derna, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) disclosed...
