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Africa: Migrant Crisis in the Mediterranean - What Can Be Done?
UNIRIN, 15 April 2015
With Italian authorities rescuing 8,500 migrants in the Mediterranean over the weekend and reports up to 400 may have perished, there can be no doubt that an unprecedented summer… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Europe's Bad Math, Eritrea's Wrong Politics
Addis Fortune, 20 April 2015
Poised to reverse the number of Eritrean refugees leaving the country and seeking asylum in Europe and beyond, the European Union (EU), expecting a positive prospect of "change in… Read more »
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Africa: Migrants 'Thrown Overboard' As Mediterranean Toll Rises
Al Jazeera, 17 April 2015
A dozen African migrants have died after being thrown overboard by fellow passengers, Italian police say, as another 41 boat migrants were feared drowned in a separate incident. Read more »
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Africa: Europe Must Stop Exporting Its Migration Fears
UNIRIN, 13 April 2015
In a new column, anthropologist and author of "Illegality, Inc." Ruben Andersson of the London School of Economics warns that European Union initiatives to collaborate with African… Read more »
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Africa: After Migrant Catastrophe in Mediterranean, UN Urges 'Robust' Rescue Operations
UN News, 15 April 2015
The latest maritime catastrophe to claim the lives of refugees crossing the Mediterranean Sea is yet another indication of the need for a "robust" rescue-at-sea mechanism aimed at… Read more »
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Africa: Latest Deaths On Mediterranean Highlight Urgent Need for Increased Rescue Capacity
UNHCR, 15 April 2015
UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres on Wednesday expressed shock at news from the Mediterranean that hundreds of people were missing after their boat sank and… Read more »
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Africa: Mediterranean Refugee and Migrant Crisis - 50-Fold Increase in Deaths Amid European Inaction
AI London, 15 April 2015
The ongoing negligence by European governments of the humanitarian crisis in the Mediterranean has contributed to a more than 50-fold increase in migrant and refugee deaths since… Read more »
How Will the EU Deal with African Migrants?
Ruben Andersson of the London School of Economics warns that European Union initiatives to collaborate with African states may fuel irregular migration rather than stem it.
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Pope Francis has called upon Europe to rediscover its leadership role and urged lawmakers to help the thousands of migrants who try to reach EU shores. Read more »
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The UN human rights chief has urged that North African and European countries bring justice to the migrants who died at sea after their boat was allegedly attacked by smugglers. Read more »
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The French Prime Minister, Jean Marc Ayrault, has called for an urgent meeting of European leaders to discuss border management, following the death of scores of African migrants ... Read more »
This image of two golfers playing while, in the background, migrants scaled a fence in the Spanish enclave of Melilla, inside Morocco, went viral last year.
