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Libya: Renewed commitment to Mediterranean rescues encouraging, but ‘overriding priority’ must be ‘lasting peace’, say UN officials

New York, July 24 (JEN): The heads of the two key UN agencies championing refugees and migrants have called for an end to their “arbitrary detention” across Libya, following an agreement on Tuesday by European Union countries to offer those fleeing across the Mediterranean a safe berth through a new distribution mechanism. more

Latest tragedy in the Mediterranean claims over 100 lives – UN refugee agency

New York: Expressing “deep sadness” over the deaths of more than 100 refugees and migrants when their boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea, the United Nations refugee agency has ...

Mediterranean: Coast guard on alert after shipwrecks as smugglers take advantage of calm waters

New York, May 9(Just Earth News): About 9,900 migrants and refugees were rescued in the past few days trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea, United Nations authorities have said, as rescuers ...

UN concerned at deaths from boat accidents in Mediterranean

New York, May 14 (JEN): The United Nations on Tuesday voiced deep concern at the rising death toll from boat accidents in the Mediterranean Sea this year as increasing numbers of asylum-seek ...

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