Geneva/Tripoli, 20 December 2018 – Migrants and refugees are being subjected to “unimaginable horrors” from the moment they enter Libya,…
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Tag: Libya
Tragic: MSF forced to end refugee rescues in Mediterranean
Since the start of its search and rescue mission in February 2016, the MSF’s boat, the Aquarius, has assisted nearly…
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Eritrean refugees fearing torture for ransom forced off Libyan boat
By EEPA Aljazeera and other media report that Libyan security forces raided a ship, using rubber bullets and tear gas to…
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UN evacuates 262 of nearly 60,000 refugees in Libya to Niger
Detainees Evacuated out of Libya but Resettlement Capacity Remains Inadequate 16th November 2018 | News Source: European Council on Refugees…
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Update: Eritrean refugees captured after escaping from Libyan camp
I am very sorry to have to report that unfortunately the refugees have been surrounded by soldiers and trucks and…
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Eritrean refugees on the run after escaping from Libyan camp
BREAKING NEWS Source: Giulia Tranchina Eritrean refugees have escaped from Al Furhaji Sebha where they were being starved. Police shot,…
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Libya Update on the 300 Eritrean refugees in Qaser Bin Ghashir and Alfarghi Sebha
By Giulia Tranchina, human rights lawyer specialising in immigration and asylum 25 October 2018 “Thanks to all our efforts and…
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Plea from Eritreans trapped in a Libyan detention centre
By Giulia Tranchina, human rights lawyer specialising in immigration and asylum Tragic plea for help from another detention centre in…
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Urgent appeal on behalf of refugees trapped in Libya
The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants and The America Team for Displaced Eritreans has issued the urgent appeal below. They: Call…
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A forensic analysis of the ‘rescue’ at sea of refugees – in which 20 die
This is astonishing: a meticulous reconstruction using video, animation and sound of just one event off Libya on 6…
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