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Security council 'no show' follows rant by Gaddafi
There was one bright spot in the Prime Minister’s day at the UN on Thursday. Colonel Gaddafi did not bother to turn up for the security council meeting. It’s just a coincidence that Libya happens to hold one of the rotating seats on the council at the moment but we all expected it was a…
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Suffering of refugees in Muammar Gaddafi's Libya
Here’s an African love story. Adebe married her childhood sweetheart, Daniel, in Addis Ababa when she was 22. The trouble was, although Daniel was born in Ethiopia, he was of Eritrean stock, and when the two countries went to war, he was deported to Asmara, the Eritrean capital, where he was forced to join the…
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Satellite images show scale of Sri Lanka’s refugee crisis
As fighting in Sri Lanka intensified, Channel 4 News obtained exclusive satellite photos showing the dramatic movement of refugees as they fled repeated bombardment.
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UN 'reversal' over Gaza school should be treated with caution
A row has broken out between the United Nations and the Israel Defence Force over an incident in Gaza during the 22-day-long war. In the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, a piece announced yesterday that: “The United Nations has reversed its stance on one of the most contentious and bloody incidents of the recent Israel Defence Forces…
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300 more dead, has Europe failed Lampedusa migrants?
More than 300 people are feared dead after attempting to reach Italy from Libya on four separate rubber dinghies, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) say.
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FactCheck: how the migration surge is speeding up
New figures show the scale of the migration surge facing the European Union, with asylum seeker numbers reaching a record high.
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EU leaders set to approve migrant quotas scheme
EU leaders are expected to approve a plan to distribute 120,000 migrants and refugees across Europe.
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FactCheck: does only one in five migrants come from Syria?
How many asylum seekers coming to Europe are really fleeing from the Syrian civil war?
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Migrant crisis: EU ministers agree plan
European ministers agree a plan to share out 120,000 asylum seekers across the EU, despite opposition from former communist countries.
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Europe’s migration crisis: what we know so far
Is this really the biggest refugee crisis since 1945? What are the facts behind the headlines?
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‘Significant casualties’ feared as migrant boat capsizes
A boat carrying hundreds of people capsizes off the Libyan coast and there are reports of a “significant number of casualties”.
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Pushed back out to sea: clock ticking for Rohingya migrants
UN agencies urge Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand to stop pushing migrant boats back out to sea, as fears grow for those stranded with dwindling food supplies.
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The Mediterranean’s deadliest migration sea routes
As 400 migrants – including children – are feared to have died after a boat capsized off Libya, Channel 4 News looks at the desperate journeys migrants are taking to reach Europe.
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Mediterranean migrant deaths: where British parties stand
Ukip says rescuing migrants off Europe “may actually be making matters worse”, while the Tories want to “dissuade migrants from making these perilous and illegal journeys in the first place”.
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Cage: human rights advocates or apologists for terror?
A Muslim group is under fire after claiming that Mohammed Emwazi or ‘Jihadi John’ turned to violence after being harassed by the British security services. What do we know about Cage?