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Libya: UN Set to Open New Refugee Transit Center in Tripoli
VOA, 9 July 2018
The U.N. refugee agency says it has had a permanent presence in Libya this year, providing humanitarian assistance and medical aid to refugees and migrants in detention centers.… Read more »
UN to Open New Refugee Transit Center In Tripoli
The new transit center will have a capacity for a 1,000 people and asylum candidates will be moved to the U.N. center in Niamey in Niger, to complete their applications.
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Africa: UNHCR Appalled By the Loss of Life At Sea Off the Coast of Libya
UNHCR, 30 June 2018
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply saddened at the latest tragedy in the Mediterranean Sea. On 29 June, at least 100 people died after a boat carrying around 123 refugees and… Read more »
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Libya: 100 Drown in Latest Mediterranean Tragedy
CAJ News, 2 July 2018
More than 100 people have drowned in the latest tragedy in the Mediterranean Sea. Read more »
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Africa: Statement of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission On Libya
African Union, 2 July 2018
Statement of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission on Libya Read more »
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Libya: Two Shipwrecks Add to 'Alarming Increase' in Migrant Deaths
UN News, 2 July 2018
More than 200 migrants have drowned in the Mediterranean in the past three days, bringing the overall death toll so far this year to more than 1,000, the International Organization… Read more »
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Libya: Head of Migration Body Arrives to Advocate for Migrants' Rights
Africa Renewal, 5 July 2018
Ambassador William Lacy Swing, International Organization for Migration Director General, arrived in Tripoli this morning (04/07) to visit the survivors of the latest migration… Read more »
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Libya: Detention of Migrants Rescued at Sea Cruel and Must End - UN
VOA, 9 July 2018
The Head of the UN Migration Agency, William Lacy Swing, is appealing to Libyan authorities to stop detaining migrants intercepted or rescued at sea by the Coast Guard after trying… Read more »
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Germany's migration policy is also making waves online among Africans. Chancellor Angela Merkel's question on whether or not to shut the door on asylum seekers, has some Africans ... Read more »
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The Italian Ambassador to Nigeria, Stefano Pontesilli, has dismissed reports that Italy sent some migrants, including Nigerians, on the sea route to Europe back to Libya. ... Read more »
