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Massive loss of life reported in latest Mediterranean tragedy
20 Apr 2016 UNHCR interviewed shipwreck survivors who reported sinking of a large boat that went down with up to 500 people on board between Libya and Italy. -
Loss of hope and deepening poverty driving Syrians to seek refuge in Europe
25 Sep 2015 UNHCR identifies seven factors behind most recent movement of Syrian refugees to Europe -
Syrian refugees struggle to reach family in Malta
7 Sep 2015 For Ali and Mohammad, both 23, the hardest part of their journey should have been over once they'd escaped hardship, cruelty and violence in the ancient and embattled Syrian city of Palmyra. -
Survivors tell harrowing tales of fight for air on "boat of death" off Libya
28 Aug 2015 A total of 52 people, including Bangladeshis, Pakistanis and Sudanese, died on board the boat. -
UNHCR chief Guterres stresses need to fight human trafficking, protect victims
26 Aug 2015 EU needs to accelerate and intensify" efforts to resolve the crisis in view of recent influx to Europe of refugees fleeing war. -
UNHCR delivers aid to thousands in southern Libya as conflict rages
25 Aug 2015 Distributions take place against background of some of worst fighting in south of the country since Libya's civil war resumed in May 2014. -
UNHCR to help Libya improve response to boats in distress off its coast
18 Aug 2015 Initiative follows several recent lethal shipwrecks in which dozens of refugees have drowned. -
Almost 400 refugees saved after crammed fishing boat sank off Libya
6 Aug 2015 UNHCR says 399 people rescued so far out of an estimated 600 on board vessel trying to cross Mediterranean. Up to 100 now feared dead. -
Italian authorities confirm the deaths of 14 people on board a boat carrying hundreds of refugees
29 Jul 2015 According to officials, 456 people are known to have survived and were rescued during an operation conducted by an Irish naval patrol.