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Libya: 'Too Many, Too Many' Migrants Raped, Shot, Says Nigerian Survivor
VOA, 9 August 2017
The thick-set 23-year-old Nigerian woman exudes strength, keen to overcome what she suffered in Libya and Italy before she escaped from the shadows in Rome and jumped on a train… Read more »
Trafficked Women Face Serious Ordeals in Europe - Charity
Outreach workers suspect that most trafficked women knew they would be forced into sex work before leaving their native countries but were unaware of the additional human rights abuses they would face in Italy.
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Libya: Dozens of Refugees Feared Drowned Off Coast
Al Jazeera, 8 July 2017
At least 35 refugees, including seven children, were feared drowned after their inflatable boat sank on Saturday off the Libyan coast. Read more »
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Libya: Bodies of 19 Egyptian Migrants Found in Libyan Desert
DW, 9 July 2017
The Red Crescent humanitarian body has said it recovered the decomposed bodies of 19 Egyptian migrants. They appear to have been smuggled into Libya but it remained unclear where… Read more »
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Nigeria: 262 More Nigerians Return From Libya
Daily Trust, 27 July 2017
282 more Nigerians voluntarily returned home from Libya on Wednesday with the help of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the Nigerian Embassy in Libya. Read more »
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Libya: Migrant Abuse in Libya Drives Children Across Sea to Europe - UN
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 25 July 2017
"The situation for migrants (in Libya) is very dangerous ... there is an extreme level of violence at the hands of kidnappers" Read more »
