UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply saddened by the deaths of two Eritrean asylum-seekers, who are reported to have been shot inside their accommodation in Tripoli on Thursday, 9 January. Our ...

TRIPOLI, Libya – Pregnant and fearing for her life, Eden* crammed into a boat on the southern shores of the Mediterranean with hopes of reaching safety in Europe. But when the overcrowded vessel ...

"The sea is a gigantic cemetery. Italy is Libya's accomplice." This chilling accusation echoed through Rome's Piazza Vidoni on Saturday, as NGOs, refugees, and human rights groups rallied to demand an ...

At least 456 people died along the central Mediterranean route between January 1 and September 13, according to the IOM [File: Louisa Gouliamaki/Reuters] The United Nations High Commissioner for ...

Nairobi says it is reviewing asylum applications from Ethiopia and Eritrea on a case-by-case basis, after rights groups sued.

Since 2013, a hidden and lucrative economy of ransom-based human trafficking has emerged in Libya, run by traders who attempt ...

A Swedish court ruled that an Eritrean refugee convicted of raping then-16-year-old Meya Åberg will not be deported after ...

The Home Office has been refused permission to appeal against a temporary injunction blocking an Eritrean man from being removed to France as part of the "one in, one out" agreement between the two ...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Libya said that only 13 people survived after a vessel carrying 74 people, mostly Sudanese refugees, capsized on Tuesday off the coast of the ...