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About 31 refugees drown as boat sinks off Libya's western coast
Nov 25, 2017 15:49At least 31 refugees have died after their Europe-bound boat capsized off Libya’s western coast, Libyan coastguard officials say.
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PNG police start forcibly evicting asylum seekers from camp: Witnesses
Nov 23, 2017 09:32Police in Papua New Guinea (PNG) have raided a detention camp formerly run by Australia on the Manus Island, using force to evict hundreds of asylum seekers who have been refusing to leave the facility for more than three weeks.
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Refugees sold into slavery in Libya
Nov 22, 2017 14:32Survivors of slave auctions in Libya have described a "total hell" that they wouldn't wish on their "worst enemy" as global outrage grows over footage showing refugees being sold off in the war-torn country.
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News of Libya ‘slave market’ stirs controversy
Nov 19, 2017 09:00News of black men being put on sale at a Libyan “slave market” has drawn outrage from the African Union (AU) and triggered violent protests in Paris.
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EU countries vow to take in 34,000 refugees
Nov 16, 2017 03:34The European Union member states have vowed to take in 34,000 refugees directly from North Africa and the Middle East, a day after the United Nations condemned as “inhuman” the EU’s policy of helping Libyan authorities intercept Europe-bound refugees.
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UN wants end to 'human suffering' in Australian refugee camp
Nov 10, 2017 13:28The UN refugee agency, also known as the UNHCR, has urged Australia and Papua New Guinea to put an end to the “unconscionable human suffering” of asylum seekers on Manus Island.
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Papua separatists in Indonesia take hostages in 2 villages
Nov 10, 2017 08:04A group of armed separatists were occupying two villages near a huge US-owned copper mine in Indonesia's eastern Papua Province, police said Friday, as they sought to end the tense standoff.
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PNG destroys shelters, water sources at Australian refugee camp
Nov 10, 2017 07:55Papua New Guinea authorities destroyed makeshift shelters and removed water sources in a shuttered Australia refugee camp Friday, just hours ahead of a deadline for the inmates to leave or be forced out, detainees said.
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IOM reports nearly 5,000 refugee deaths in 2017
Nov 04, 2017 11:25The International Organization for Migration (IOM), a subsidiary UN agency, says nearly 5,000 refugees, or 16 people a day, have died this year amid ongoing exodus from conflict zones to Europe as well as a military crackdown in Myanmar.
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UN says conditions in Australian refugee camp 'inhumane'
Nov 03, 2017 14:59The United Nations human rights office has condemned the “inhumane” conditions in a detention camp for refugees run by the Australian government in Papua New Guinea (PNG), urging Canberra to restore water and food supplies to the center.