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Unaccompanied immigrant minors are vulnerable to criminal networks. (AFP)

Immigrant Minors in Italy are Prey for Criminal Networks

by Mustafa El-Dasouqi | Jun 9, 2017 | Features

Turin – On his journey from Egypt’s al-Qalyubia governorate to Italy’s city of Turin, teenager Ahmed had to endure a kidnapping in Egypt’s western desert, which he had to cross on foot to reach the Libyan border. He then lost a friend who could not survive the arduous...

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Egypt: Dozens Killed After Boat Carrying Migrants Capsizes

by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Sep 22, 2016 | Middle East

Egyptian prosecutors remanded four men in custody today on suspicion of people trafficking after a migrant boat capsized in which dozens are feared to have drowned, judicial and security officials said. According to the officials, the four suspects are accused of...

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Syrian women hold milk while riding a motorcycle near an informal settlement for Syrian refugees in Bar Elia, Bekaa valley, Lebanon, January 6, 2016. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi

World Leaders Approve New York Plan for Refugees

by Jordan Dakamseh, Najlaa Habriri | Sep 20, 2016 | World

New York, London- U.N. members adopted on Monday Declaration for Refugees and Migrants during a summit on Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants, which was held in New York. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that this declaration makes it binding for the...

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This picture released by the Italian navy shows the shipwreck of an overcrowded boat of migrants off the Libyan coast. (Marina Militare/AFP/Getty Images)

2016…Deadliest Year for Asylum Seekers, Migrants

by Julie Vitkovskaya | Jun 26, 2016 | World

This year is turning out to be one of the deadliest for asylum-seekers who try to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe. Halfway into the year, the number of dead has already reached about 2,800, compared to 1,800 during the same period last year, according to the...

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U.S. Navy LT. JG Dylon Porlas looks through the window of a U.S. Navy aircraft, searching the area in the Mediterranean where the Egyptair flight 804 crashed. AP

Official Says EgyptAir Remains Suggest Blast, Head of Forensics Denies

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 24, 2016 | Middle East

The human remains retrieved from the Mediterranean Sea where EgyptAir flight 804 crashed last week suggest there was an explosion on board, a senior Egyptian forensics official said on Tuesday. The official said all 80 pieces brought to Cairo so far are small and that...