Tag: Libya

  • Migrant smugglers using social media

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    Evil trade using Twitter and Facebook. Human traffickers use social media to advertise trips to Italy Smugglers use Twitter and Facebook to lure migrants seeking passage to Europe. Trips start […]

  • Tanker docks at Libyan port of Derna

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    Greek tanker bombed there in January. First foreign tanker docks at eastern Libyan port since air strike (Reuters) – Libya has persuaded a foreign shipper to send a tanker to […]

  • Australian policy won’t work in Med

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    Turning migrants back won’t work. Italian navy chief sceptical of Australian solution to Med migrant crisis Rome: An Italian navy chief on Tuesday poured cold water on suggestions Europe should adopt Australia`s […]

  • EU must focus on root causes of migration

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    Analysis of recent EU moves. The EU must focus on the root causes of migration The EU is planning to act against human traffickers in the Mediterranean. But the plight […]

  • Human smugglers offer discounts

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    CNN investigation throws up surprise. Human smugglers offer discounts for introductions to desperate migrants By Nick Paton Walsh Tripoli, Libya (CNN) Smugglers lure Arab and African migrants by offering discounts to get […]

  • NATO calls for comprehensive migrant response

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    Will work with Libya once security situation allows. NATO calls for ‘comprehensive response” to migrant crisis Lisbon (AFP) – The plight of migrants in the Mediterranean requires a “comprehensive response”, […]

  • Migrants: Libya is Not Somalia

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    The legal issues surrounding migration. Migrants: Libya is Not Somalia Op-ed by David Hammond EU leaders have suggested that military capabilities should be used to deny Libyan human traffickers the […]

  • Concerns over proposed EU migrant tactics

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    Cornered by foreign naval vessels, people traffickers may simply throw their human cargo overboard. Why fighting piracy won’t work as a model for fighting people traffickers By Colin Freeman, Chief foreign correspondent […]

  • Libya stops migrant boats

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    Over 600 migrants detained.  Libya stops boats packed with hundreds of migrants leaving for Europe – official TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya has stopped several boats packed with Africans trying to […]

  • ‘Captain’s Error’ Sank Overloaded Migrant Boat

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    The captain and a crew member are arrested after being separated from 25 other survivors who were taken to an Italian port. ‘Captain’s Error’ Sank Overloaded Migrant Boat The shipwreck […]

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