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LONDON: For two years, the global refugee crisis has been overshadowed by the battle against COVID-19. But in 2021 there was a worrying uptick in the number of people fleeing poverty and conflict, and there is every indication that the situation will get even worse in 2022. Anyone who followed media coverage in November of the unseemly squabbling between Britain and the EU

TUNIS, Dec 26, 2021 (BSS/AFP) - Tunisian coastguards have rescued 48 illegal migrants trying to reach Europe from neighbouring Libya in

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Passengers onboard the makeshift boat were trying to reach Europe from neighbouring Libya

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BEN GUERDANE, Tunisia: Tunisia’s navy rescued 78 migrants and retrieved the body of another after their boat sank off the country’s coast during a bid to reach Europe, the Defense Ministry said. The migrants, mostly Bangladeshis and Egyptians aged from 12-45, had set off the previous night from Abu Kammash just across the border in neighboring Libya near Zawara, it said. A

Tunisia's navy rescued 78 migrants on Wednesday and retrieved the body of another after their boat sank off the country's coast during a bid to reach Europe, the defence ministry said.

Tunisia's navy rescued 78 migrants on Wednesday and retrieved the body of another after their boat sank off the country's coast during a bid to reach Europe, the defence ministry said.

Tunisias navy rescued 78 migrants on Wednesday and retrieved the body of another after their boat sank off the countrys coast during a bid to reach Europe, the defence ministry said

Tunisian navy rescues 54 migrants heading to Europe AFP 2 hrs ago AFP © FATHI NASRI Migrants who were rescued by the Tunisian army as they attempted to cross the Mediterranean Sea by boat rest at the port of El Ketef in Ben Guerdane, in southern Tunisia The Tunisian navy and coastguards rescued 54 migrants Friday on a boat heading to Europe that was about to sink in Mediterranean waters, the defence ministry said. The migrants, aged between 15 and 40 and almost all men, lef...