Mediterranean migrant arrivals reach 264,513, deaths at sea reach 3,151
Aug 15 Sami Zaptia

Mediterranean migrant arrivals reach 264,513, deaths at sea reach 3,151

By Sami Zaptia.London, 15 August 2016:IOM’s Missing Migrants Project reports migrant and refugee fatalities in the Mediterranean have already surpasse...

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Jul 23 Nigel Ash

Some 60 migrants float back to Libya

By Libya Herald reporters. Migrants make landfall back in Libya (Photo: Migrant Report).Tripoli,  23 July 2016:More than sixty migrants returned to Li...

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A deadly journey for the sake of life; a Sabratha father risks all for his daughter
Jul 5 Michel Cousins

A deadly journey for the sake of life; a Sabratha father risks all for his daughter

By Moutaz Ali.Tripoli, 5 July 2016:Not all those setting out on the perilous journey across the Mediterranean from Libya are sub-Saharan Africans or r...

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Nearly 1,000 illegal migrants departing from Libya recovered at sea yesterday
Jun 9 Sami Zaptia

Nearly 1,000 illegal migrants departing from Libya recovered at sea yesterday

By Sami Zaptia.London, 9 June 2016:Two leading rescue NGOs operating in the Mediterranean Sea, MSF and MOAS, yesterday reported rescuing 955 migrants...

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Majority of nearly 3,000 Mediterranean 2016 migrant deaths departed from Libya: IOM
Jun 7 Sami Zaptia

Majority of nearly 3,000 Mediterranean 2016 migrant deaths departed from Libya: IOM

By Sami Zaptia.London, 7 June 2016:The latest IOM report reveals that Libya is still the main Mediterranean departure point for migrants and says ther...

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Last seven days of May were deadliest for migrant deaths at sea from Libya
Jun 2 Sami Zaptia

Last seven days of May were deadliest for migrant deaths at sea from Libya

By Sami Zaptia.London, 2 June 2016:The last seven days of May marked the deadliest week for migrant deaths at sea in the Mediterranean in 2016, IOM’s...

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Oct 25 Michel Cousins

Number of migrants drowned off Zliten now put at 45

By Saber Ayyub.Tripoli, 25 October 2015:The Libyan Red Crescent has said that the number of bodies found near Zliten in the latest migrant drowning tr...

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Oct 9 Nigel Ash

UN Security Council clears EU naval action against people-smugglers

By Libya Herald reporters. A typical rickety over-crowded migrant boat (File photo)Tripoli, 9 October 2015:As widely expected, the UN Security Council...

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Scores of migrant bodies washed back to Libya
Oct 4 Nigel Ash

Scores of migrant bodies washed back to Libya

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 4 October 2015:Members of the Red Crescent have spent much of the last five days picking up the drowned corpses of...

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Aug 4 Sami Zaptia

Mediterranean migrant deaths reach 2,000, majority on ''deadliest'' Libya route: IOM

By Libya Herald reporter.Italian coastguards intercept a boatload of illegal migrantsTunis, 4 August 2015:Over 2,000 migrants have died so far this ye...

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