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Africa:
Europe Extends Mediterranean Migrants Mission
RFI, 20 February 2015
The European Commission announced on Thursday that it was extending its rescue mission in the Mediterranean Sea off Italy until at least the end of the year. It also granted Rome… Read more »
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Africa:
European Commission's Announcement On Migration - Right Words, but No Solutions
AI London, 19 February 2015
Today's announcement by the European Commission on managing the migration crisis in the Mediterranean contains the right analysis of the overall situation, but offers no concrete… Read more »
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Africa:
Europe Must Act As Growing Numbers of Children Flee Across the Mediterranean
savethechildren_uk, 18 February 2015
Some 250 children have arrived in Italy over the past week, as part of the growing flow of migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea. Read more »
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Africa:
Migration Challenges Cannot Be Addressed in Isolation, Deputy Secretary-General Tells Annual Meeting, Urging New Ways to Protect Migrants
UN, 12 February 2015
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson's remarks, as delivered, to the thirteenth annual coordination meeting on international migration, in New York today: Read more »
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Africa:
UNHCR Urges Europe to Recreate a Robust Search and Rescue Operation On Mediterranean, As Operation Triton Lacks Resources and Mandate Needed for Saving Lives
UNHCR, 12 February 2015
In light of this week's boat tragedies on the Mediterranean, and the hundreds of refugee and migrant lives that have been lost, UNHCR is today calling on the European Union to… Read more »
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Africa:
300 Feared Dead After Boats Sink in Mediterranean
Tunis Afrique Presse, 11 February 2015
At least 300 migrants are feared dead after boats sink in Mediterranean, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said on Wednesday. Read more »
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Africa:
'Enormous Scale' of Mediterranean Migration Tragedy Emerges
UN News, 11 February 2015
With the number of refugees and migrants confirmed missing following their attempt to cross the Mediterranean into Europe revised from a total of 29 dead to as many as 300, the… Read more »
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Africa:
EU 'Burying Heads in the Sand' As Hundreds More Migrants Die At Sea Off Italy
AI London, 11 February 2015
The European Union and its member states must hang their heads in shame following reports this morning that as many as 300 migrants are believed to have died in the high seas off… Read more »
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Africa:
MSF Calls On European Union to Take Its Responsibility to Stop Putting Migrants' Lives At Risk
MSF, 11 February 2015
Following the deadly tragedies which reportedly claimed 300 of lives as ships carrying migrants to reach Europe sank in the Mediterranean Sea, Médecins Sans… Read more »
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Africa:
At Least 200 Migrants Dead and Possibly More Off Italy
New Times, 11 February 2015
The U.N. refugee agency says some 200 migrants - and possibly many more - have died in frigid temperatures in the latest deadly Mediterranean tragedy. Read more »
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Africa:
300 Missing in Boat Tragedy
UNHCR, 11 February 2015
The UN refugee agency is shocked at new information emerging on the actual scale of the tragedy in the Mediterranean after Monday's rescue attempts by the Italian Coast Guard.… Read more »
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Africa:
At Least 29 Die Off Italy
UNHCR, 10 February 2015
The UN refugee agency on Tuesday mourned the first major maritime loss of life this year off the coast of Italy, and called on the European Union to beef up search and rescue… Read more »