Lives on hold over missing migrants

When migrants go missing on the long journey from Africa to Europe the lack of information about their fate often adds immense bureaucratic hurdles to the anxious uncertainty suffered by their relatives back home.

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

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VIDEO: What drives migrants to risk lives?

Middle East correspondent Quentin Somerville speaks to migrants in Misrata on the Libyan coast.

 

10 years ago

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Europe 'must do more' for migrants

A Greek minister tells the BBC that the "great powers of Europe" need to take more responsibility for the unfolding crisis in the Mediterranean.

 

10 years ago

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EU asks for UN help over migrants

EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini pleads for UN help to dismantle criminal groups smuggling migrants into European countries.

 

10 years ago

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Who are the Med's migrants?

A man’s desperate story of desert deaths and gangs

 

10 years ago

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Pope calls for more help on migrants

Pope Francis urges the international community to do more to tackle the rising number of migrants making desperate journeys across the Mediterranean.

 

10 years ago

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May wants some Med migrants returned

Economic migrants rescued from the Mediterranean while trying to reach Europe should be returned home, a UK minister says.

 

10 years ago

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Migrants' deportation halted in SA

South Africa's high court temporarily prevents the deportation of undocumented migrants arrested in raids following the xenophobic violence.

 

10 years ago

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The migrants who took over a Sicilian palace

The African migrants who made a Sicilian palace their home

 

11 years ago

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Thousand migrants rescued off Italy

Italy's navy rescues 1,123 people from inflatable boats south-east of Lampedusa in one day, while seven migrants die trying to reach Spain.

 

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