Turkey, Syria fighting escalates; refugees mass at EU border
KASTANIES, Greece — Thousands of migrants and refugees massed at Turkey’s western frontier Sunday, trying to enter Greece by land and sea after Turkey said its borders were open to…
Refugees shot dead in Libya were pushed out of UN facility
Two Eritrean asylum-seekers have been shot dead inside their accommodation in the Libyan capital By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press January 11, 2020, 5:52 PM 2 min read KHARTOUM, Sudan —…
Asylum granted to Guinean man in Belgium after threats in Greece
In the first case of its kind, an African refugee has been granted asylum by Belgium despite already having asylum status in Greece. Mamadou Ba, who is from … source
U.N. assisting thousands of stranded migrants in Libya’s Sabratha
U.N. agencies said on Monday (October 9) they were trying to provide urgent help to large numbers of migrants held and then stranded in the smuggling hub of … source
‘Slave markets’ in Libya trap migrants heading for Europe
The United Nations’ migration agency says growing numbers of African migrants passing through Libya are being sold as slaves by traffickers or militia groups before being held for ransom. ……