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Punch Newspapers Sections Jesusegun Alagbe In August 2018, after spending almost three years stuck in Libya en route to Europe, Innocent Imagbeghian was finally evacuated to Nigeria. When he left Nigeria in March 2015, he sought to migrate to Italy for a better life. He said he sold his brother’s piece of land with a building on it in Benin City, Edo State, for N2m and used the money to facilitate his travel. But he got worse than he bargained for. He was sold to slavery camps in Libya and forced to work on farms without pay. According to Imagbeghian, the day he was supposed to sail across ...

TRIPOLI: The International Organization for Migration (IOM)has said that over 300 illegal migrants have been rescued off the Libyan coast over the past week. Precisely, "In the period of February 9-15, 318 migrants were rescued at sea and returned to Libya," said the UN migration agency on Monday, Xinhua news agency reported. Thus far in 2021, a total of 2,274 illegal migrants, including 213 women and 160 children, were rescued at sea and brought back to Libya, it said. The agency also said that 20 illegal migrants died and 70 others went missing on the Central Mediterranean route so far thi...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) rescued  90 illegal migrants have been rescued off the Libyan coast. UNHCR on Friday sa..|News Track

How the Covid-19 pandemic impacted migration through the Mediterranean While the European Union boasts of low numbers attempting the treacherous journey in 2020, migrants and rescue organisations paint a different picture People rescued at sea sit on the deck of the Ocean Viking rescue ship, operated by French NGO, SOS Mediterranee, in the Mediterranean Sea on 4 July 2020 (AFP) By Published date: 4 February 2021 12:56 UTC | Last update: 1 month ago On 1 January, Frontex, the European Union’s border force, tweeted a video celebrating...

Over 450 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast in a week, says IOM ANI | Updated: Jan 26, 2021 14:45 IST Tripoli [Libya], January 26 (ANI/Xinhua): The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Monday that more than 450 illegal migrants have been rescued off the Libyan coast in the past week. "In the period of 19 to 25 January 2021, 452 migrants were rescued/intercepted at sea and returned to Libya," the IOM said. The organization also said that 12 illegal migrants died and 67 others went missing on the Central Mediterranean route so far t...