News Highlights: More forces deployed in Sudan, Israel starts deportations amidst protest, Libyan officials connected to trafficking
8 Feb 2018

News Highlights: More forces deployed in Sudan, Israel starts deportations amidst protest, Libyan officials connected to trafficking

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In this week’s news highlights: central reserve forces deployed to Kassala; child soldiers released in South Sudan; refugee funds scandal in the government of Uganda; Libyan officials connected to smugglers and human traffickers; Qaddafi’s frozen funds are flowing to unknown destinations; Libyan people blocked by armed forces inTawergha; Israel starts deporting asylum seekers amidst global protest; Netanyahu accuses Soros of support for the asylum seekers; and France to increase budget for education in development aid.

News Highlights:Israeli pilots refuse to deport refugees, Libyan torture videos sent to family, missing migrant children in EU
25 Jan 2018

News Highlights:Israeli pilots refuse to deport refugees, Libyan torture videos sent to family, missing migrant children in EU

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In this week’s news highlights:Israeli pilots are refusing to deport Sudanese and Eritrea refugees; Eritrean president demands compensation fees, claiming Israel wants to deport Eritreans to Eritrea;; political relations around Eritrea are changing; South Sudan dangerous for aid workers; New … Continued

Libyan court blocks the Italy-Libya deal on cooperation against illegal migration
29 Mar 2017

Libyan court blocks the Italy-Libya deal on cooperation against illegal migration

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Tripoli’s Court blocked the Italy-Libya deal. The 24th of March, the Court of the Administrative division in Tripoli ruled on the Memorandum of Understanding signed with Italy on 2nd of February this year in Rome. The court declared that “the MoU will be blocked urgently until the lawsuit is tackled in full”, the Libya Observer reported.