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Norway's Rafto Prize for human rights was on Thursday awarded to the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF) for their "persistence in bravely resisting Egypt's state of fear," the Rafto Foundation announced. Founded by two activists, Mohamed Lotfi and...

A ship with 125 rescued migrants aboard reached the Italian island of Sardinia on Thursday, the aid organisation Sea-Eye said, adding that the fate of its survivors remains unclear. The Alan Kurdi docked at the port of Arbatax on the east of the island, having been...

Algiers, Sept 22, 2020 - Algeria said Tuesday coast guard officers had collected the bodies of 10 people drowned while seeking to cross from the North African nation to Europe, also stopping 485 migrants. Thousands regularly risk the dangerous crossing crammed onto...

Tunisia said Monday that naval patrols had intercepted 19 boats carrying a total of 246 people seeking to cross from the North African nation to Europe overnight Saturday to Sunday alone. The vast majority of those stopped were Tunisians, the interior ministry said,...