ROME, Italy – A first group of 162 refugees from Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia and Yemen has arrived safely in Italy from Libya, in a landmark operation putting an end to months of detention and ...

Libya at the moment is a very dangerous place for refugees, and the Sicilian channel is a deadly route." In 2014, more Syrian refugees crossed from Libya to Italy than any other nationality.

Italy intercepts African boat migrants and asylum seekers, fails to screen them for refugee status or other vulnerabilities, and forcibly returns them to Libya, where many are detained in inhuman ...

ROME (AP) — Italy organized a first airlift of refugees from Libyan detention centers to Rome after coming under international criticism for helping the Libyan coast guard block migrants from… ...

Relief as Italian court says rescued refugees cannot be sent back to Libya. Italy’s highest court has ruled that the country’s vessels cannot return rescued refugees to the North African ...

TRIPOLI, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said that 135 refugees of different nationalities were evacuated from Libya to Italy on Tuesday through a ...

That very night, back in Libya, Samson, his wife, his sister and his six-year-old niece prepared to take a similar journey to Victoria’s. They had all come from Eritrea, via a refugee camp in ...

I saw him kill people,” David Yambio, president of the NGO Refugees in Libya, said. The accusations against Njeem are numerous, ranging from murder to torture and people trafficking.

Italy has supplied Libya with funding, vessels and training as part of an agreement to slow the numbers of migrants crossing ...