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Ethiopia: The Tragedy of Ethiopian Migrants - This Is No 'Get Rich or Die Trying'
Addis Standard, 26 May 2015
In mid April this year, a group of militants belonging to the Islamic State (IS) released a sickening video of pure brutality: the mass beheading and execution of 30 Ethiopian (and… Read more »
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Africa: Mediterranean Crisis - UN Welcomes EU Measures On Migrants, Urges More Comprehensive Action
UN News, 24 April 2015
The United Nations refugee agency welcomed the European Union's (EU) mobilization of resources in response to the ongoing migrant crisis in the Mediterranean, while also urging… Read more »
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Ethiopia: The Man Smuggling Ethiopians to Europe
Al Jazeera, 29 April 2015
The number of deaths of migrants attempting the perilous journey to Europe in search of a better life has dramatically increased over the past few months. Read more »
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Gambia: Youth Flee Bleak Future At Home
DW, 29 April 2015
Over a thousand Gambians tried to reach Europe in the first three months of this year. President Yahya Jammeh has been ruling their country for the past 20 years with an iron fist,… Read more »
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Africa: EU Leaders Agree to Triple Triton Funding in Response to Mediterranean Migrant Crisis
DW, 23 April 2015
European Union leaders have committed extra helicopters, ships and funding to stop migrants dying in the Mediterranean on the way to the continent. So far, more than 1,700 people… Read more »
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Africa: Africa's Media Silent Over Mediterranean Refugee Crisis
DW, 27 April 2015
Like the proverbial ostrich who buries his head in the sand, African reporters and politicians seem blind to the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean. A look at how the continent's… Read more »
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Africa: Destroy the Smuggling Market, Not the Boats
IRIN, 24 April 2015
Anthropologist and author of "Illegality, Inc." Ruben Andersson of the London School of Economics explains why an EU plan to destroy migrant smugglers' boats is doomed to fail. Read more »
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North Africa: Mediterranean - UNHCR Pledges to Help EU Tackle Enormous and Intensifying Tragedy
UNHCR, 24 April 2015
The UN refugee agency on Friday said the deaths of hundreds of refugees and migrants on the Mediterranean this year and the sea crossing of almost 40,000 people since January were… Read more »
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UNHCR, 27 April 2015
Given the intensification of boat movements and continued unbearable loss of life in the Mediterranean Sea, we, the undersigned*, take note of the Special European Council's… Read more »
More EU Resources for Migrants' Rescue
EU leaders have announced new measures to stop migrant drownings in the Mediterranean, including tripling current funding for the Triton border protection mission.
InFocus
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The European Union is receiving plenty of flak for its role in the migrant boat crisis in the Mediterranean. But it's not just Europe's problem. Where are the African leaders ... Read more »
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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. Read more »
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Migrants' countries of origin are conscious of this phenomenon and attempt to mobilize diaspora savings and fund transfers in support to development and productive investments ... Read more »
The Gregoretti arrives in the Sicilian capital, Palermo, carrying more than 1,000 refugees and migrants who were rescued from the Mediterranean.
