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Mediterranean migrants

Migrants fall into the water during a rescue in the Mediterranean.
Conflict
What it’s like aboard an NGO ship rescuing hundreds of migrants in the Mediterranean
Migrant Offshore Aid Station rescues migrants from a rubber dinghy during an operation in the central Mediterranean
Conflict
This group wants to ‘defend Europe’ from migrants at sea
African migrants arriving in Italy from Mediterranean
Conflict
African migrants are reaching Europe with tales of kidnap and torture in Libya
A settlement for Syrian refugees in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon.
Economics
Refugee Day: Photos of a historic migration of people seeking safer and better lives
The Libyan coast guard boards a boat in the Mediterranean while humanitarian groups bring migrants onto their ships.
Conflict
Libya’s coast guard is ‘endangering lives’ of migrants trying to reach Europe
Save the Children workers rescue migrants on a boat in the Mediterranean off the coast of Libya
Economics
Aid groups rescue over 1,600 migrants in the Mediterranean in a single day
Tunisian fishermen try on life jackets offered by MSF at the end of the training. The fishermen say in general they lack the equipment to cope with boatloads of migrants and refugees in distress.
Global Politics
Tunisian fishermen are trained to be ‘safety nets’ for migrants making a deadly sea crossing