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Africa: Better Management of Dead and Missing Migrants Needed in Europe
UNIRIN, 28 July 2014
As the number of migrants and asylum seekers reaching southern Europe's shores this year continues to climb - to about 75,000 at last count - so too does the death toll from… Read more »
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Africa: Scores of Migrants Murdered On Smuggler's Boat
VOA, 25 July 2014
Survivors of a vessel smuggling migrants from Libya to Italy last week describe tales of brutality and mass murder during their voyage. The International Organization for Migration… Read more »
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Africa: UN Agency Urges Europe to Act to Stop Rising Refugee, Migrant Deaths At Sea
UN News, 24 July 2014
In the wake of recent tragedies, the United Nations refugee agency today called on European countries to take urgent action to stop the rising number of deaths among refugees and… Read more »
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Africa: UN Urges Europe to Step up Efforts to Help Migrants
VOA, 24 July 2014
The U.N. refugee agency is calling for "urgent" action from European countries to help reduce the number of deaths among migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean. Read more »
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Africa: Should International Refugee Law Accommodate Climate Change?
UN News, 3 July 2014
Can the United Nations help to protect people seeking safety abroad if their homes and jobs are destroyed by prolonged drought, rising sea levels or other climate change-related… Read more »
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Africa: Urgent European Action Needed to Stop Rising Refugee and Migrant Deaths At Sea - UNHCR
UNHCR, 24 July 2014
More than 800 people have died this year alone in the Mediterranean, many of them seeking safety from conflict and civil war Read more »
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Africa: Inside the Head of a Migrant
SciDev.Net, 21 July 2014
The strapline of a recent news article in The Economist claims "a wave of unaccompanied children swamps the debate over immigration" in the United States. The story reports that… Read more »
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Africa: 19 Migrants Die in Mediterranean Sea
VOA, 19 July 2014
Italian rescuers say at least 19 people have died trying to reach Italy on an overcrowded migrant boat. Read more »
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Africa: Talking to a Rooftop Refugee
The Daily Vox, 14 July 2014
Dressed in a lilac golf shirt and blue jeans, Adam is a far cry from other fearless cap and keffiyeh wearing refugees waving from the roof of Gerhart-Hauptmann School in Berlin's… Read more »
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Africa: EU Migration Policies Put Lives and Rights At Risk
AI London, 9 July 2014
In their determination to seal off their borders, the European Union and its member states are putting the lives and rights of refugees and migrants at risk, Amnesty International… Read more »
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Africa: Sinking Hope As Europe Draws Up Ramparts
Fahamu, 26 June 2014
Europe has transformed itself into a fortress, with anti-immigration legislation a centrepiece of foreign and domestic policy. Stringent visa regimes, among other restrictions,… Read more »
Long Road to Identifying Dead Migrants
Currently, Europe has no centralized system for identifying the bodies of migrants, who often travel without documentation, nor for informing their families in their countries of origin, writes IRIN.
InFocus
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The government says 4000 African migrants reached its shores as it battles to deal with "non-stop" arrivals and rescues at sea. Read more »
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At a time when the number of African migrants to Europe is on the rise, the UN say it will open camps in Northern Africa to serve as shelters while their cases are being processed. Read more »
