The bodies of three sisters aged 9, 12, and 17, from Sudan, were disembarked on Lampedusa on Saturday, along with 68 migrants rescued by a Franco-Italian-German-Swiss migrant rescue NGO ship off the coast of Libya.
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From 10 to 16 August 2025, a total of 491 migrants were intercepted in the Central Mediterranean and returned to Libya, according to data from the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio lashed out Friday at a federal judge who intervened to halt the deportation of a planeload of sex offenders and murders, saying his meddling has done severe damage to U.S. foreign policy, is hurting America’s humanitarian mission and even sparked new fighting in Libya, according to Washington Times.
Two children, aged 3 and 4, and an adult died during a Mediterranean crossing from Libya to Italy on a frail boat whose engine gave way, a German aid organization has said.
A boat carrying migrants has capsized off the coast near Harawa, close to Sirte in Libya. At least 11 people have died, including four Pakistanis.
Unlike the escalating migrant crisis in western Libya, the country’s eastern Cyrenaica region has seen negligible outflows of irregular migrants…
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Libya has helped 80,000 migrants return home voluntarily and safely since 2015 under its Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) program, the Organization announced on Tuesday.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced today that 265 migrants were intercepted and returned to Libya from 28 April to 4 May.
584 migrants were intercepted and returned to Libya from 7 to 13 April, said the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Italy has received 157,551 irregular migrants through several migration routes crossing the Mediterranean during the past year, including 51,986 migrants coming from Libya, according to an Italian security report.