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At least 43 migrants drown in shipwreck off Tunisia, Red Crescent says Sunday, 04 July 2021 4:31 AM   [ Last Update: Sunday, 04 July 2021 4:31 AM ] File photo by Reuters shows a group of Tunisian migrants arriving on a rubber boat after being rescued by the Tunisian coast guard off the coast of Bizerte, Tunisia. At least 43 migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy, while another 84 were rescued, the Tunisian Red Crescent told on Saturday. The boat ha...

MIGRANTS rescued by Tunisia’s coast guard during an attempted crossing of the Mediterranean by boat rest at the port of El Ketef, in southern Tunisia near the border with Libya, on Sunday.—AFP BEN GUERDANE: Tunisia’s defence ministry said on Sunday that its navy had rescued 178 migrants who were trying to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to reach Europe. Two bodies were recovered and 178 migrants rescued during three operations off Tunisia’s south coast, a ministry statement said. The migrants, who the ministry said were from Egypt, Tunisia, Syria, Ivory Coast, Bangladesh, Nigeria, ...

Tunisian authorities on Thursday intercepted 267 would-be migrants who had begun the sea crossing from Libya, most of them Bangladeshis, the International Organisation for Migration said. Red Crescent official Mongi Slim said on Thursday that centres set up to house migrants in southern Tunisia were full. IOM figures show more than 1,000 migrants hoping to reach Europe had set off from Libya and ended up in Tunisia since January, and the number of departures was rising. There have been 11,000 departures from January to April 2021 from Libya, more than 70 per cent over the same period last yea...

Tunisian navy rescues over 170 migrants at sea By AFP - Jun 28,2021 - Last updated at Jun 28,2021 BEN GUERDANE, Tunisia — Tunisia's defence ministry said on Sunday that its navy had rescued 178 migrants who were trying to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to reach Europe. Two bodies were recovered and 178 migrants rescued during three operations off Tunisia's south coast, a ministry statement said. The migrants, who the ministry said were from Egypt, Tunisia, Syria, Ivory Coast, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Mali and Ethiopia, had set off from the Libyan port of Zuwara overnight Friday to Saturday....

23 يونيو 2021 كانت «عائشة» تعتقد أن العبودية الجنسية ليست إلا ظاهرة تشاهدها في الريبورتاجات وعلى التلفزيون ويعيشها آخرون، لكن عندما وجدت نفسها محتجزة داخل غرفة في ليبيا، بعد أن فرّت من حياة صعبة في غينيا، أيقنت أنها «هربت من كابوس نحو الجحيم». ويروي العديد من المهاجرين أن ليبيا التي أصبحت منذ 2014 نقطة عبور نحو أوروبا، هي في الواقع ب...