Italian coastguards have recovered nine bodies from the sea after a boat carrying more than 150 migrants sank off the coast of Libya, they said on Monday
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Malta: don't return migrants to Libya
On 9 July 2013, the media learned that the government was planning to send a group of Somali asylum seekers back to Libya on an unscheduled Air Malta flight.
Malta: don’t return migrants to Libya
On 9 July 2013, the media learned that the government was planning to send a group of Somali asylum seekers back to Libya on an unscheduled Air Malta flight.
Women and children suffering from UN & NGO pull-out say HoR members in NY
Libyan legislators are in the US this week to warn that women and children caught in the fighting have been left even more vulnerable because international organisations, including the United Nations have pulled out of the country.
Libya: uprising and post-Qadhafi tribal clashes, displacement in a fragmenting Libya
The political instability and crimes against humanity that accompanied and followed the uprising which overthrew President Muammar Qadhafi in October 2011 drove tens of thousands into displacement. Those perceived to have supported Qadhafi or to have benefited from privileges he dispensed through tribal patronage networks were attacked in retaliation. They …
Displacement in Obari reaches 85 percent; situation in the town “catastrophic”
More than 85 percent of the population in Obari has been displaced after seven months of fighting between Tebu and Tuareg tribes that has left the town facing a humanitarian crisis.
Escaping Hell: Libya’s Migrant Jails
As Libya descends further into civil war and lawlessness, migrants from Africa and the Middle East continue to journey to the country’s coast in search of smugglers to take them across the Mediterranean Sea and into Europe. Search and rescue operations by Libya’s coast guard are restricted due to diminishing …
Tunisia rescues dozens of migrants off Libyan coast
The Tunisian military rescued 86 migrants at sea off the coastal town of Zarzis aboard a makeshift boat bound for the Italian island of Lampedusa, an official said on Wednesday.
Libya/Egypt: Civilian Toll in Derna Air Strikes
(New York) – At least seven civilians, including three children, died in the joint Egyptian/Libyan airstrikes on the eastern city of Derna on February 16, 2015. Libya and Egypt should conduct speedy and transparent investigations into the deaths.
Libya: Mounting evidence of war crimes in the wake of Egypt’s airstrikes
New eyewitness testimonies gathered by Amnesty International indicate that the Egyptian Air Force failed to take the necessary precautions in carrying out an attack which killed seven civilians in a residential neighbourhood in the Libyan city of Derna on 16 February.