2012-05-08 14:11 FN:s flyktingorgan UNHCR Exhausted survivors from a boat carrying Somali refugees that landed on one of Malta’s most popular beaches this weekend have told UNHCR that five men and two women aboard perished during the week-long voyage from Libya.
2012-03-27 11:45 FN:s flyktingorgan UNHCR A report released today by the UN refugee agency on asylum in industrialized countries shows that new conflicts and a rising outflow from older crisis spots such as Afghanistan together contributed to a 20 per cent rise in asylum claims in 2011. The opposite trend was seen in the Nordics (except Iceland).
2012-02-23 15:20 FN:s flyktingorgan UNHCR STRASBOURG: The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has today issued a decision concluding that Italy violated the European Convention of Human Rights by intercepting and returning to Libya in 2009 a group of Somalis and Eritreans without examining whether this would constitute a real risk to their lives. The case is known as Hirsi Jamaa and Others v. Italy.
2012-02-10 14:56 FN:s flyktingorgan UNHCR At least 11 people have drowned and another 34 are missing following a boat incident this week in the Gulf of Aden. Survivors found on Somali beaches on Wednesday evening explained that their boat, crewed by three smugglers and carrying 58 passengers, had set sail for Yemen last Saturday. Soon after departure, the boat's engine broke down. Without power, they were adrift for five days.
2011-07-01 14:02 Läkare Utan Gränser Stridigheterna i Libyen fortsätter tvinga människor på flykt. Nu vädjar Läkare Utan Gränser till alla krigförande parter att respektera de flyendes rättigheter och till grannländerna att erbjuda skydd till de flyende.
2009-11-20 12:48 Läkare Utan Gränser Italiens allt tuffare riktlinjer för migranter leder till att allt fler båtflyktingar på väg till landet stoppas och tvingas tillbaka till Libyen. Antalet nyanlända har minskat så drastiskt att Läkare Utan Gränser drar tillbaka sin personal från den italienska ön Lampedusa.