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Hundreds of migrants rescued off Spain

Hundreds of migrants rescued off Spain

Spain

NGO says Libya abandoned migrants at sea

NGO says Libya abandoned migrants at sea

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Avramopoulos: Everyone shares responsibility for migrant deaths

The EU Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos has told Euronews that authorities on both sides of the Mediterranean must prioritise the saving of migrant lives.

Libya

Woman the sole survivor after migrant trio 'abandoned' at sea

This is the sole survivor after three migrants were abandoned in the sea off Libya, a Spanish charity has claimed.

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EU not honouring commitments to help rescue migrants: Libyan official

The EU has not “fulfilled any commitments” to provide the Libyan Coast Guards with equipment to help stem the flow of migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean, a spokesman for the Libyan Navy said Wednesday.

Spain

Second migrant ship docks in Spain

A ship run by the Spanish Proactive Open Arms charity carrying 60 migrants has arrived in Barcelona

Libya

More than 200 migrants drown in first 3 days of July

More than 200 migrants drown in first 3 days of July

World News

Dozens missing as boat capsizes off coast of Libya

Dozens of migrants are missing in the coast off Libya. Their boat capsized about 31 kilometres from the capital Tripoli. While 41 people have been rescued, 170 are thought to still be missing in the Mediterranean Sea since Friday.

World News

Salvini pitches migrant centres in North Africa

Italian Interior Minister says he wants to set up centres to the south of Libya intercept migrant before they can make it to the coast, cutting them off at their source.

World News

Rescued migrants remained stranded at sea

Malta and Italy, the nearest EU coastal states, have refused the rescue ships permission to dock.

World News

Exclusive report aboard rescue vessel barred from docking in Italy

629 people rescued mainly from Libyan waters remain stranded on a vessel about halfway between Malta and Italy after Italy's new interior minister barred them from entry. Our correspondent Anelise Borges, who has been on the boat over the last week has this exclusive report.

France

Libya's rival leaders agree to hold elections in December

The breakthrough came at an international conference in Paris

France

Libyan leaders arrive in Paris for talks to restore order in the count

The rival factions are hoping to agree on a political roadmap, including elections

United Kingdom

Britain apologises for appalling treatment of Libyan dissident & his wife

UK intelligence services helped the CIA abduct Abdul Hakim Belhadj and his then-pregnant wife in 2004 from Thailand to return them to Tripoli, where Abdul was tortured. Now Britain has admitted its mistake and paid compensation.

Malta

Volunteer pilots ready for take-off to help save migrants in the Med

‘Pilotes Volontaires’: two Frenchmen used their savings to buy a light plane, aiming to search the sea off the Libyan coast and help NGOs save migrants in distress.

World News

As it happened: Thursday morning, May 3

Euronews brings you the latest news and updates as they happen this morning.

Libya

ISIL claims responsibility for deadly attack in Libya

Suicide bombers stormed the head offices of Libya's electoral commission in Tripoli on Wednesday, killing at least 12 people and setting fire to the building in an attack claimed by the Islamic State militant group.

World

'They beat you everyday' - the migrants turning back from Libya

Euronews has been to Niger, where many migrants are returning after facing tough conditions in neighbouring Libya

World News

Ex-French President Sarkozy says accusers make his life 'hell'

The former French president mounted a robust defence of his conduct and promised to make his honour "triumph"

France

The Euronews interview that is key to the investigation into Nicolas S

Seven years on, the shockwaves of Saif Gaddafi's words are being felt.

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