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A migrant boat has capsized off the coast of Libya, leaving at least 15 Egyptians dead. Libyan officials report the boat was heading for Europe and capsized early Friday near Tobruk.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration may deport migrants to Libya for the first time this week, three U.S. officials said on Tuesday, as part of his immigration crackdown and despite ...
Many migrants desperate to make the crossing have fallen into the hands of traffickers. The freed migrants had been held in Ajdabiya, some 160 km (100 miles) from Libya's second city Benghazi.
Authorities in Greece have intercepted more than 120 migrants off the island of Crete. Two boats carrying 58 and 68 people were stopped early Monday and the passengers were placed under guard at ...
OFF THE COAST OF LIBYA -- Italian naval ships and vessels from non-government groups rescued thousands of migrants off the Libyan coast on Monday, the latest surge in desperate attempts to flee to ...
Only 104 survived and 82 bodies were recovered. More than 153,000 migrants arrived in Italy this year from Tunisia and Libya, according to the United Nations refugee agency.
Vladimir Putin appears to have teamed up with a Libyan warlord to trigger a fresh migrant crisis in the European Union.
Lamloum and another local group, al-Abreen, which helps migrants in Libya, estimated that more than 6,000 migrants have been held at the border. Most of the migrants are Egyptians who were taken ...
TRIPOLI, Libya – Fleeing death threats in his native Rwanda, 54-year-old Mihigo and his family embarked on an epic journey that took them to Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Morocco and Niger, before ...
CAIRO — Libyan authorities raided a secret prison in a southeastern city used by human traffickers and freed at last 156 African migrants, as the U.N. migration agency said Monday more than ...
Don’t send migrants back to Libya and ‘inhumane’ camps, pope says Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter ...
Migrants protest, Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021, in front of the office of the United Nation’s humanitarian body in Tripoli, Libya.