The Nigerian Government, in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), on Tuesday evacuated 161 Nigerian irregular migrants home from Tripoli, Libya.
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A fishing boat carrying 531 migrants landed in Lampedusa last night after it was rescued and escorted by the Italian coastguard.
Ghana Embassy in Libya, in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), on 26th October facilitated the repatriation of the fourth batch of 169 Ghanaians from Tripoli to Accra under the Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) program for the year 2023, the Embassy announced.
Hundreds of migrant boats landed in Lampedusa on Sunday, taking the number of people at the Italian island’s migrant hotspot up to around 800.
A pregnant woman on board the rescue ship Sea-Eye 4 is in critical condition, the German humanitarian NGO said in a statement on Saturday.
Some 245 migrants landed at Lampedusa Sunday after being rescued Saturday night by three tax police launches and a Frontex vessel from a 20-metre fishing boat that had left Zuara in Libya and was at risk of capsizing in heavy seas.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that 503 illegal migrants, including 79 women and 60 children, were rescued off the coast of Libya between 8 and 14 of Octobe. Additionally, one dead body was recovered during the rescue operations.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that 271 illegal migrants, including 25 women and 23 children, were rescued off the coast of Libya between September 24 and October 2. Additionally, four bodies were recovered during the rescue operations.
The United Nations Refugee Agency has announced that from the beginning of January to September 24, 2023, more than 2,500 refugees on their way through the Mediterranean Sea have either lost their lives or remain missing.
Relatives of people on a boat carrying 110 migrants that went off radar on Friday after allegedly being shot at by the Libyan coastguard fear the passengers have been chased all the way to Libya.