Jan 15 thomwestcott

GNC to discuss displaced Tuaregs following visit to Awal Valley camp

By Jamel Adel.Tripoli, 15 January 2014:Members of the General National Congress (GNC) have said the plight of displaced Tuaregs will soon be raised at...

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Dec 10 Callum Paton

Tuareg refugee camp "faces harsh winter"

By Jamal Adel.Tripoli, 10 December 2013:Hundreds of Tuareg refugees from Ghadames are facing dire conditions in a camp in the Awal Valley, still based...

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Nov 22 Michel Cousins

Tawergha claims of Germany migration seen as threat

By Libya Herald staff:Tripoli, 23 November 2013:Doubt is being cast on claims that 30 Tawerghans have flown to Germany with the intention of settling...

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Coastguard retrieves empty migrant boat, suspects tragic end
May 14 thomwestcott

Coastguard retrieves empty migrant boat, suspects tragic end

By Tom Westcott.Tripoli, 14 May 2013:An empty boat used by sub-Saharan migrants hoping to reach European shores retrieved by the Libyan Coastguard thi...

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Italian coastguard rescues 500 boat people off Sicily
Apr 12 Nigel Ash

Italian coastguard rescues 500 boat people off Sicily

By Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli, 12 April 2013:As the sea state improves, the flow of sub-Saharans seeking to reach Italy  from Libya in flimsy, ramshackle cr...

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May 23 Michel Cousins

Syrian illegal immigrants caught

Benghazi, 23 May:The Investigation Department of the Supreme Security Committee announced yesterday that it had arrested and detained eight Syrian and...

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Seven more asylum-seekers die in quest for better life
May 9 Nigel Ash

Seven more asylum-seekers die in quest for better life

Malta, 9 May: Seven Somali asylum-seekers have died whilst attempting to reach Malta from Libya by boat, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has said.After...

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Jan 31 Michel Cousins

Over 1500 drown in 2011 trying to cross Mediterranean

Over 1,500 migrants crossing the Mediterranean to Europe from Libya and Tunisia downed or went missing last year according to the UN refugee agency UN...

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