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An international law enforcement investigation has led to the arrest of over 60 people involved in an intercontinental criminal network that, in some cases, transferred female Cuban migrants to criminal groups for sexual exploitation. According to Europol, the law enforcement agency of the European Union, the criminal network smuggled over 5,000 Cuban nationals into the…
International Organization for Migration reports over 20,000 migrants rescued from Mediterranean Sea in 2022 and returned to Libya Over 20,000 migrants have been rescued from migration attempts via the Mediterranean Sea and returned to Libya so far in 2022, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported. According to figures presented in the report released on…
“About half an hour after we left… we heard a drone over our head… Two hours later… a boat appeared: it was the Libyans,” Abu Laila* told Human Rights Watch and Border Forensics. His story resonates with the broader evidence shared by the organizations this week in a multimedia research feature with a clear…
By Sertan Sanderson Published on : 2022/11/25 The Republic of Cyprus is battling with a migrant influx which is overwhelming the small EU country’s resources. Now, a dubious higher education scheme in the north of the island has been found to be among the factors responsible for the trend. Human traffickers meanwhile are lining their…
“Get away from Libyan territorial (waters), otherwise we’ll shoot you by SAM (surface-to-air) missiles,” German doctor Leona Blankenstein heard from a vessel that had been given to the so-called Libyan Coast Guard by Italy as she flew above a migrant boat in Maltese waters on October 25. Charity organizations providing search and rescue in the Central…
The harrowing statistics come from an IOM report as part of the Missing Migrants Project but researchers claim that the figure of over 29,000 may actually be an underestimate of the true number of deaths due to the difficulty in collecting exact numbers of those who have died trying to cross the sea to Europe. The…
Image credit: Abolish Frontex From Barcelona to Berlin, activists in at least 15 European cities took to the streets on October 15 to protest the renewal of the Italy-Libya Memorandum of Understanding. A memorandum that facilitates modern slavery Activists denounced the Libya-Italy agreement and its impact on people on the move in Libya. InfoMigrants explains…
Most refugees are now in wealthier EU countries after first crossing into neighboring Poland (5.4 million), Hungary (1.2 million), Romania (1 million), Slovakia (690,000), and Moldova (573,000). Table 1 shows the top ten hosting countries. Table 1. Top ten countries hosting Ukrainian refugees (excluding Russia) Countries Ukrainian Refugees Poland 1,422,482 Germany 997,895 Czechia 442,443 Italy…
An E.U. ombudsman is investigating the bloc’s border agency Frontex after activists raised concerns about its cooperation with Libyan coast guards. Inquiry into risk assessment Frontex trains and provides equipment to Libyan border authorities through an an €85 million ($83m) project. Six human rights groups have lodged a complaint accusing Frontex of failing to assess…
Almost 13,000 people were intercepted in the Mediterranean and returned to Libya between January and August 20, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Many were then held in dire conditions and subjected to torture and forced labor. By strengthening the Libyan Coast Guard’s capacity to intercept boats and avoiding their own duty…
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