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Migrations: Failed attempts at sea crossing from North Africa killed at least 1,160 migrants in 2021

More than 1,160 migrants died at sea attempting to reach Europe from North Africa in the first half of 2021, up 155 percent year-on-year, the UN's migration agency said Thursday. The most deadly passage was across the central Mediterranean, where 769 deaths were...
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Sahel: Cameroon refugees pour into Chad in unfolding violence over water

Footage from the conflict zone By Djimet Wiche More than 30,000 people in northern Cameroon have fled to Chad after ethnic clashes erupted at the weekend, claiming at least 22 lives, the UN's refugee agency said on Friday.  Violence broke out in the border village of...
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Libya: Italian captain given jail term for handing migrants to Libya

By Ella Ide, Alvise Armellini: A ship's captain who rescued a group of 101 migrants from the Mediterranean sea before handing them over to the Libyan coastguard has been given a one-year jail term, in the first such case heard by Italy's courts. Giuseppe Sotgiu was...
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Sahel: Impoverished Chad faces influx of Cameroon refugees

At least 10,000 people, mostly women and children, have fled into Chad from northern Cameroon this week after deadly clashes between herding and fishing communities, the UN said Sunday.  Twelve people were killed and dozens wounded in the violence, which erupted...
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