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A member of the Tunisian Coast Guard observes a fishing boat. (AFP/File)

Tunisia: At Least 8 Migrants Drown in Navy Ship, Boat Collision

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 9, 2017 | Middle East

Tunisia’s defense ministry said Monday that at least eight migrants have drowned after their boat sank following a collision with a Tunisian navy vessel in the Mediterranean Sea. Defense Ministry Spokesman Belhassen Oueslati said eight bodies were found and 38 people...

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Migrants in the Mediterranean. (Reuters)

Italian Film Unmasks Migrant Suffering in Libyan Militia Camps

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 13, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

Rome, London – An employee in the Italian Interior Ministry secretly visited Libya to reach deals with local warlords and coast guard officials in order to stop the flow of migrants to Europe. If the events of the fictional film “L’ordine delle cose” by...

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Migrants wait to be rescued by the Aquarius rescue ship run by NGO organisations “SOS Mediterranee” and “Medecins Sans Frontieres” (Doctors Without Borders) in the Mediterranean Sea, 30 nautic miles from the Libyan coast, on August 2, 2017 (AFP Photo/Angelos Tzortzinis)

Romania Coastguard Intercepted Two Fishing Boats Carrying Migrants

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 9, 2017 | World

Romania’s coastguard stopped two vessels in the Black Sea carrying over 200 migrants, border police said Saturday. Authorities have opened an investigation to determine where the boat came from, Ionela Pasat, coastguard spokeswoman in the Black Sea city of...

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Migrants in a detention center before being voluntarily returned to their countries of origin. Tripoli, 29 August. [Hani Amara/REUTERS]

Haftar Declines to Attend Congo Summit… Sudan Denies Closing its Borders with Libya

by Khalid Mahmoud | Sep 8, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo – The Commander of the Libyan Army, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, was absent on Thursday from an African summit on the Libyan crisis held in the Congolese capital Brazzaville. A media official at Haftar’s office said that the general had officially apologized...

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A Hungarian police officer stands guard at Serbia’s border with Hungary near a makeshift camp in Horgos in February. Photograph: Darko Vojinovic/AP

EU Court Dismisses Slovakia, Hungary Case Over Refugee Policy

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 7, 2017 | World

The EU on Wednesday won a high-level legal battle against eastern European countries that have refused to admit thousands of asylum seekers based on mandatory quotas for the bloc’s member states. The European Court of Justice, the 28-nation bloc’s top...