12,338 migrants intercepted at sea and returned to Libya up to 12 July: IOM
Jul 17 Sami Zaptia

12,338 migrants intercepted at sea and returned to Libya up to 12 July: IOM

In its Libya Weekly Central Mediterranean Update published last Monday 14 July, the UN’s IOM reported that, up to 12 July, a total of 12,338 migrants...

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‘‘Mediterranean Conference on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea’’ to be held in Tripoli from 12 to 14 April
Jan 3 Sami Zaptia

‘‘Mediterranean Conference on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea’’ to be held in Tripoli from 12 to 14 April

Libya’s Tripoli based Ministry of Marine Resources will be hosting the ‘‘Mediterranean Conference on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity in the Mediterran...

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Oct 23 Sami Zaptia

Five Libyan illegal migrants missing at sea, 13 others rescued to Lampedusa

By Sami Zaptia.Five Libyans lost at sea illegally crossing the Mediterranean, another 13 were rescued to Lampedusa port (Photo: Mediterraneocronaca.it...

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May 30 Nigel Ash

The migrant carnage continues as numbers surge

By Libya Herald reporters. Migrants still dying in unseaworthy vessels  (File photo: Italian Navy)Tripoli and Tunis, 30 May 2017:The UNHCR claims that...

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May 18 Michel Cousins

Coastguard rescues over 500 off Sabratha and Garabulli

By Libya Herald reporter. Tripoli, 18 May 2017:Over 500 migrants whose boats were in difficulty were rescued this morning in two separate operations b...

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Mar 29 Nigel Ash

Yet more migrants drown

By Libya Herald reporters. A semi-inflated raft from which migrants disappeared (File photo)Tunis, 29 March 2017:A 16 year-old Gambian boy appears to...

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Jan 14 Sami Zaptia

184 migrants rescued off Libyan Sea despite harsh weather conditions: IOM

By Sami Zaptia.Migrants continue to cross the Mediterranean despite dangerous conditions says the IOM (Photo: MOAS/Italian Red Cross). London, 14 Janu...

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184 migrants already rescued at sea off Libyan coast in 2017: IOM Libya
Jan 6 Sami Zaptia

184 migrants already rescued at sea off Libyan coast in 2017: IOM Libya

By Sami Zaptia.London, 6 January 2017: The International Organization for Migration Libya (IOM) has reported that already, 184 migrants have been resc...

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IOM reports 18,722 rescued off Libyan coast in 2016
Dec 20 Sami Zaptia

IOM reports 18,722 rescued off Libyan coast in 2016

By Sami Zaptia.London, 20 December 2016: The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reports that 18,722 have been rescued in maritime incident...

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Over 600 migrants rescued off Libya:  one dead and many missing
Nov 22 Sami Zaptia

Over 600 migrants rescued off Libya: one dead and many missing

By Sami Zaptia.London, 22 November 2016: Over 600 migrants were rescued off Libya’s Mediterranean coast between last night and this morning from sever...

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