International Organization for Migration (IOM) – Libya Chief of Mission has discussed with the Ambassador of Pakistan to Libya the return of stranded Pakistani migrants in the North African country.
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The Tunisian National Guard said on Tuesday that about 40 Tunisian migrants were missing after sailing in a boat toward the coast of Italy last week.
Human Rights Watch called on Lebanon Tuesday to release a son of Libya’s former dictator Moamer Kadhafi, saying he had been held on “spurious charges” for eight years.
Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, in a special ceremony at the Presidential Palace on Friday, posthumously awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the Phoenix to Angela Moira and Philip Antonis Mandalio, the volunteer interpreters who lost their lives during the Greek humanitarian mission in Libya on September 17, 2023.
At least two people died when a boat carrying migrants capsized Wednesday off the Greek island of Lesbos in the Aegean Sea, port police said, while up to 16 people were missing.
Italian authorities have detained the Ocean Viking migrant rescue vessel for 20 days over its alleged failure to follow a prescribed route after rescuing dozens of people off the Libyan coast, the ship’s operator said Sunday.
244 women, men and children rescued from 3 boats in distress in off Libyan shores have arrived in the Italian port city of Bari, announced SOS Méditerranée on Saturday.
Rwanda on Wednesday welcomed 153 asylum seekers evacuated from Libya, according to the Ministry in charge of Emergency Management (MINEMA).
Three groups of migrants and refugees respectively numbering 68, 15 and 54 people (137 in total) landed on Lampedusa, Italy between midnight and dawn on Wednesday morning, Italian ANSA reported.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday that “diminishing NGO-led efforts on the Central Mediterranean route have been important factors leading to the loss of more lives.”