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    French President Macron hosts world leaders to keep Libya elections on track

    12 Nov 2021

    The presidential vote on Dec.24 is the core part of a UN plan to help restore stability, but the calendar has been under pressure as tensions flare once more between rival camps.

    More than 3,000 refugees lost in sea crossings to Europe in 2021, says UN

    29 Apr 2022

    Thousands of Africans take long, perilous journeys to Europe each year often traversing the Sahara desert and leaving the North African shores on small, inflatable boats fleeing hardship or seeking a better life. Last year, the UNHCR reported 3,077 people as dead or missing..

    Macron hails progress on Europe migrant deadlock

    23 Jul 2019

    French President Emmanuel Macron said European countries had made progress on plans to redistribute refugees rescued in the Mediterranean, efforts criticised by Italy’s hardline Interior Minister Matteo Salvini.

    Over two-dozen Pakistanis die after migrant ship crashes into rock in Italy, 12 still missing

    26 Feb 2023

    The mission in Rome said that the bodies of 28 Pakistanis have been fished out of the sea by the rescue officials, however, 12 more citizens are still missing.

    ‘Fleeing death, finding death:’ Parents of Syrians missing in Greece boat tragedy 'pray day and night'

    17 Jun 2023

    While the exact number of passengers on the rusty trawler is unknown, hundreds are feared missing, and relatives and activists have told AFP at least 141 Syrians were aboard.

    Pakistan arrests 10 trafficking suspects after Greek boat tragedy

    18 Jun 2023

    Local media said as many as 300 Pakistanis had died after a rusty trawler sank near Greece's Peloponnese peninsula on Wednesday. Officials said nine people had been detained in AJK — home to a majority of the victims — and one in Gujrat..

    Greek government faces dissension from mainlanders on migrant relocations

    19 Feb 2020

    Dissenters expressed fears of displacement, potential security hazards and dipping tourism among other cohabitation concerns on the streets of Athens.

    Over 40 migrants drown after boat sinks off Tunisia, says Red Crescent

    03 Jul 2021

    A spokesman of the Red Crescent said that 84 migrants were rescued and more than 40 others were missing after a boat carrying 127 migrants sank off the coast of Zarzis.

    130 Europe-bound migrants feared dead off Libyan coast

    23 Apr 2021

    Humanitarian organisations have accused the Libyan coast guard and European authorities of failing to meet their responsibilities to save lives. A Libyan coast guard official told The Associated Press that they searched for the boat but could not find it with their limited resources.

    Over 1,000 migrants arrive in Italy in hours, say authorities

    24 Jul 2022

    Between Jan.1 and July 22, 34,000 people arrived in Italy by sea compared with 25,500 during the same period in 2021 and 10,900 in 2020, Italy's interior ministry said.

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