Libya Ousts Record Number of Nigerien Immigrants
As the EU is accused of outsourcing cruelty to reduce Mediterranean crossings, the largest known deportation of people back to Niger to date takes place – writes The Guardian. It….
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Rescue Centre in Libya Opens – Another Step in the EU’s Externalization of Migration?
After years of delays, an EU-funded search and rescue (SAR) center in Libya is finally expected to open. The Libyan Maritime Rescue Coordination Center (MRCC), which was first anticipated as….
Libyan Airline Executive Arrested for Assisting Illegal Migration to US
On suspicion of aiding in the international smuggling of migrants, Libyan authorities have detained the commercial director of a private airline with its headquarters in the country. It is said….
Rescued by the Geo Barents: Migrants Going Through Libya are Subject to Extreme Abuse and Violence
On July 2, the humanitarian vessel Geo Barents of Medicine Without Borders made landfall in the port of Ancona, carrying 34 shipwrecked individuals: 15 minors and 19 adults, of whom….