Jun 20 Michel Cousins

World Refugee Day celebrated in Libya with UNHCR

By Nancy Porsia.Tripoli, 20 June 2013:World Refugee Day is being celebrated for the second time in Libya. This morning hundreds of internal displaced...

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Choucha refugee camp to close at end of June
Jun 10 thomwestcott

Choucha refugee camp to close at end of June

Refugees protest against the closure of the Choucha CampTripoli, 10 June 2013:The Choucha refugee camp on the Tunisian-Libyan border will close as pla...

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Syrian refugees in Misrata
May 16 Michel Cousins

Syrian refugees in Misrata

By Nancy Porsia.Misrata, 16 May 2013:"We came to Misrata because we were told at the border that it is the safest city in Libya" said Taha who escaped...

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Choucha refugee camp in Tunisia to close
Mar 23 thomwestcott

Choucha refugee camp in Tunisia to close

Tripoli, 23 March 2013:The Choucha refugee camp on the Tunisia-Libya border will close on 30 June, according to the Tunisian News Agency TAP.Spokesper...

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Feb 5 Michel Cousins

More Syrian refugees arrive in Libya

By Michel Cousins.Tripoli 5 February 2103:The number of refugees fleeing the violence in Syria continues to rise. According to the UNHCR office in Lib...

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Aug 2 Michel Cousins

UNHCR attacks conditions in refugee camps

Tripoli, 2 August:The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has criticised conditions in camps in Libya for internally displaced perso...

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Jul 12 George Grant

Fifty-four migrants die of thirst en-route from Libya to Italy

Tripoli, 12 July:Fifty-four migrants heading for Italy died of hunger and thirst when their inflatable boat ruptured in the Mediterranean, the UN refu...

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Mar 5 Michel Cousins

Libyan association seeks to find solution for illegal immigrants

The Libyan Association for Relief and Aid is helping over a thousand illegal immigrants held at Benghazi’s illegal immigrants’ detention center.  The...

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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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