Tunisian authorities said Monday they intercepted or rescued over 200 migrants trying to reach Europe by sea at the weekend, including an entire extended family from the economic crisis-hit country.
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SOS MEDITERRANEE, MSF and SEA-WATCH has urgently called for the provision of European state-led search and rescue maritime assets in the central Mediterranean to prevent more deaths among migrants.
The Nigerian National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Wednesday received another batch of 175 stranded Nigerians from Libya at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.
The Nigerian National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Tuesday received 131 stranded Nigerians from Libya at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.
Tunisian coast guards retrieved the bodies of four migrants whose boat sank off Tunisia, security official told Reuters on Monday.
Rotimi Akeredolu, the Governor of Nigerian Ondo State has disclosed those behind the attack on St Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Owo area of the state.
Italian Interior Ministry said 18,841 migrants have arrived on the coast of Italy since the beginning of this year, Aki news reported.
The humanitarian rescue ship Ocean Viking has received the green light to disembark in Sicily, Italy 294 persons rescued from distress at sea. Some of the survivors have been holding out on the ship for ten days and nights.
Around 100 people were killed in clashes between artisanal gold miners in north Chad on May 23 and May 24, Defence Minister Daoud Yaya Brahim said on Monday.
The number of people forced to flee conflict, violence, human rights violations and persecution has now crossed the staggering milestone of 100 million for the first time on record, propelled by the war in Ukraine and other deadly conflicts, according to UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).