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Up to 50 refugees ‘deliberately drowned’ off Yemen: UN

Up to 50 refugees and migrants from Somalia and Ethiopia were "deliberately drowned" when a smuggler forced them into the sea off Yemen's coast, the UN migration agency said on Wednesday, calling the drownings "shocking and inhumane". International Organization for Migration (IOM) staffers found the shallow graves of 29 of the refugees and migrants on a beach in Yemen's Shabwa during a routine patrol, the agency's statement said. The dead […]

today10 August 2017

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ICC mulls investigation into Libya’s abuse of refugees

The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor has expressed alarm at the inhumane detention of thousands of vulnerable refugees and migrants in Libya and said she was examining whether an investigation could be opened into crimes against them. Libya is the main gateway for refugees and migrants attempting to reach Europe by sea. The UN migration agency said more than a thousand refugees and migrants have been reported dead or missing […]

today9 May 2017

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