Four gang members detained, pending investigation, for torturing 10 kidnapped migrants to death – 164 others also tortured
Mar 25 Sami Zaptia

Four gang members detained, pending investigation, for torturing 10 kidnapped migrants to death – 164 others also tortured

‎The Attorney General’s Office reported yesterday that four defendants belonging to a network engaged in smuggling migrants and human trafficking in t...

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Oct 12 Sami Zaptia

IOM reports 3,134 migrant deaths off Libyan coast in 2016, 79 in October alone

By Sami Zaptia.The IOM reports 3,134 migrant deaths through the Central Mediterranean up to 6 October 2016(Photo: MSF) London, 12 October 2016:The Int...

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Mar 20 thomwestcott

Coastguard rescues 348 migrants

By Taziz Hasairi.Tripoli, 20 March 2014:In two separate operations, Tripoli’s Naval Coastguard yesterday rescued 348 migrants trying to reach the shor...

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Malta bins plans to fly arriving migrants straight back to Libya
Jul 12 Nigel Ash

Malta bins plans to fly arriving migrants straight back to Libya

By Mohamed Najah. More cold and nervous migrants arrive in Malta (photo:AFM)Tripoli 12 July 2013: Malta has staged a telling demonstration of its ange...

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Jan 7 Michel Cousins

New statistics show Libya's roads as world's most dangerous

Tripoli 7 January 2013:According to the General Directorate of Traffic Statistics, there has been a rise in the number of people killed on Libya’s roa...

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Italian coastguards rescue migrants off Libya
Oct 24 Michel Cousins

Italian coastguards rescue migrants off Libya

Tripoli, 24 October:Italian coastguard vessels from Lampedusa rescued 261 illegal migrants early on Tuesday night who were in two overloaded rubber di...

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