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Italy

Far-right group sends ship to Mediterranean to help stem migrants flow

Libya

Dozens of migrants feared drowned off Libya

Children and pregnant women are among up to 40 people missing after their rubber boat went down

World News

Amnesty International slams EU migrant policy

This year is on its way to becoming the most deadly for migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe.

Libya

Benghazi 'liberated' says Libyan commander Haftar

The head of the self-styled Libyan National Army said the city will enter a new era of peace and security

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Italy

Italy and Spain rescue more than 1,000 stranded migrants in two days

Warm weather provides optimum conditions at sea for migrants trying to reach European shores

Libya

Wanted Gaddafi son freed by militia captors in Libya

Reports suggest the late Libyan leader's son, who is wanted for crimes against humanity and was said to be Gaddafi's chosen successor, has been freed under amnesty.

United Kingdom

What do we know about Salman Abedi?

The suicide bomber who killed at least 22 people at a Manchester pop concert was born in the city.

World News

Dozens of toddlers feared dead after boat capsizes

Thirty-one migrants, many of them toddlers, drowned after a migrant boat capsized off the coast of Libya.

Belgium

Africa on Brussels agenda amid rising migration from Libya to Europe

European Union foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday are focusing on events in Africa as part of a general discussion this week on the bloc’s defence and security…

Italy

Italian police arrest suspects after migrant murdered at sea

Three Nigerians and two Libyans suspected of people trafficking, torture and murder have been arrested by Italian police after the shooting of a migrant at sea.

Germany

Germany: Migrants on trial for fire attack on homeless man

Six young asylum seekers are on trial for attempted murder in Germany for a fire attack on a homeless man at a metro station in Berlin.

Italy

Shipwrecks spark rise in migrant death toll

Nearly 250 migrants are missing or feared dead after two shipwrecks in the Mediterranean.

Italy

Italy: More than 200 migrants feared drowned this weekend

More than 200 migrants are feared to have drowned in the Mediterranean over the weekend trying to reach European shores, according to testimony from survivors.

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Rescue at sea

Rescuers picked up 560 migrants from unsafe boats off the coast of Libya on Thursday (May 4), including the body of a young man who the migrants said had been shot by smugglers on the beach for his ba

Libya

Libya's only female body-builder prepares for Belorussian international competition

Fathia Al-Amamy is Libya's only female body-builder. She will represent her country in Belarus this summer in an international competition.

Italy

Italy donates boats to Libya in effort to fight human trafficking

The Italian Coast Guard has donated two rescue boats to its Libyan counterpart as part of an agreement to fight the trafficking of migrants across the…

World News

Migrants: record numbers rescued in the Med

Rescue ships took on thousands of survivors from dinghies in deteriorating weather in the Mediterranean between Friday and Sunday.

Libya

African slaves 'sold in Libyan car parks for $200'

The United Nations’ migration agency says growing numbers of African migrants passing through Libya are being sold as slaves by traffickers or militia groups before being held for…

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Hundreds rescued in the Mediterranean sea

Some 700 migrants were rescued at sea on Wednesday by humanitarian groups operating rescue ships off the coast of Libya, said Italy’s coast guard.

Gambia

Gambian migrants return home after Libyan prison ordeal

The International Organisation of Migration and the Gambian government helped to win the release of some 170 people

Libya