UN Migration Agency

A rescue operation in which an Italian towboat rescued 180 migrants and returned them to Libya this week may have been in breach of international law, the UN said on Tuesday. According to Spanish charity Proactiva Open Arms, an Italian…

Libya has rejected a European Union’s plan to establish migrant centers there to stop asylum seekers arriving in western Europe and it will not be swayed by financial inducements, Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj said. Italy in June…