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Tunisia and Libya take 276 migrants stranded in desert border region, bring them to shelters
Associated Press via AOL· 10 months agoTunisia and Libya took back 276 sub-Saharan migrants stranded in a desert region along the border...
‘God willing, we will meet again in Libya.’ A migrant family’s tale shows chaos at Tunisian border
theGrio via AOL· 11 months agoBlack Africans in Tunisia have faced increasing discrimination and violence since President Kais...
Migrant expulsions from Tunisia to Libya fuel extortion, abuse -UN briefing
Reuters via AOL· 1 week agoTunisian border guards have rounded up migrants and passed them to counterparts in Libya where they...
Under pressure, Tunisia takes back hundreds of migrants trapped in a border zone with Libya
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAt least 500 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa have been transferred back to Tunisia after being...
Tunisia-Libya border crossing closed due to clashes
Reuters via AOL· 3 months agoTunisia and Libya have closed a major border crossing at Ras Jdir due to armed clashes, Tunisian state TV and Libyan authorities said. Libya's interior ministry said in a statement on Tuesday ...
Libya recovers five bodies of sub-Saharan migrants near border with Tunisia
Reuters via AOL· 11 months agoFive bodies of sub-Saharan migrants have been recovered in a desolate area near the border between Libya and Tunisia, Libya's interior ministry said in a statement on Monday. The ministry said ...
Interior ministers of Libya and Tunisia agree reopening of major border crossing
Reuters via AOL· 1 week agoInterior ministers from Libya and Tunisia said on Wednesday they had agreed to partially reopen the border crossing at Ras Jdir on Thursday morning, and to fully reopen it on June 20 after more ...
Sudanese woman tells of 'horrible' desert journey after expulsion from Tunisia
Reuters via Yahoo News· 10 months agoExhausted, pregnant and weeping, Sudanese nurse Tafaul Omar sat under the scorching desert sun along...
Tunisia moves hundreds of migrants from desolate border area
Reuters via AOL· 11 months agoTunisia has moved hundreds of migrants to shelters in two towns, a local rights group said on...
Tunisian minister concedes 'small groups' of migrants were pushed back into desert no man's land
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoTunisia’s interior minister conceded that small groups of sub-Saharan migrants trying to enter the...