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ARCHIVE - 06.03.2020, Libya, Tripoli: A fighter of the internationally recognized government looks around a wall during the clashes with the troops of the Libyan National Army (LNA). Photo: Amru Salahuddien/XinHua/dpa +++ dpa-Bildfunk +++
ARCHIVE - 06.03.2020, Libya, Tripoli: A ... […]
News, Infographic

EU sanctions violators of UN Libya arms embargo

The EU has been making a lot of effort to help resolve the Libyan conflict and hence EU foreign ministers have agreed on sanctioning three companies who violated the UN embargo on arms flowing into Libya.
1 year ago
Migrants from Africa sit in a rubber dinghy as they arrive from Turkey to the beach of the village of Skala Sikamineas. More than 20,000 migrants have died in the Mediterranean since migration in the region started surging in 2014, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday in Geneva.
Migrants from Africa sit in a rubber din... […]
Migrants, Infographic

EU agency: Central Med migrant crossings more than doubled in July

The number of illegal sea migration across the Mediterranean has doubled in July compared to the month before. All in all nevertheless, migration figures within the EU have fallen in 2020 due to the corona virus travel restrictions.
1 year ago
The rescue ship "Eleonore" sails on the Mediterranean with around 100 migrants on board. The "Eleonore" took in the migrants on 26.08.2019 off the Libyan coast.
The rescue ship "Eleonore" sails on the ... […]
Migrants

Key EU interior ministers seek to resolve Mediterranean rescue crisis

Interior ministers from several European countries, as well as the European Commission, met in Malta to discuss finding a deal to the distribution of the migrants rescued in the Central Mediterranean.
2 years ago
Numerous refugees are saved by a boat of an aid organisation just off the Libyan coast while attempting to cross over to Italy in the Mediterranean. Photo: Laurin Schmid/SOS Mediterranee/dpa
Numerous refugees are saved by a boat of... […]
Migrants, Infographic, Photos

130 migrants forced to remain on docked Italian coastguard vessel

Italy will not allow rescued refugees from the Mediterranean Sea to enter its shores until the European Union clarifies which countries are willing to take them in.
2 years ago