Tag Archives: Migration

Rescue operations in Libyan waters rescued more than 8,000 undocumented migrants in the last 48 hours.

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) The Italian coast guard coordinated several rescue efforts saving close to 1,400 refugees crossing the Mediterranean from the Libyan coast. Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, posted on Twitter that 802 refugees on board six dinghies and a wooden boat were …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) An inflatable craft full of migrants is seen sinking off the coast of Lampedusa Island on April 17, 2016. 100 migrants are now missing in the Mediterranean after a second boat capsized off the coast of Libya on Friday. In the second tragic shipwreck that …