More desperate people are likely to flee Libya in rickety, overcrowded boats and a better maritime rescue system is urgently needed to avoid further massive loss of life, the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday. Full story
Up to one million Ivorians have now fled fighting in the main city Abidjan alone, with others uprooted across the country, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said Friday in a sharp upwards revision of previous estimates. Full story
The United Nations refugee agency is seeking satellite imagery of Libya that might explain the dramatic decline in the flow into Tunisia of migrants feeling violence in Libya, an official said. Full story
Soldiers fired into the air in an effort to subdue a wave of Egyptian laborers desperate to escape Libya on Tuesday, as the refugee crisis created by the rebellion against Muammar Gaddafi escalated. Full story
Nearly 100,000 people have fled violence in Libya in the past week, streaming into Tunisia and Egypt in a growing humanitarian crisis, the U.N. refugee agency said on Sunday. Full story
Fifty-seven Somalis drowned when their boat capsized in rough seas off southeast Yemen on Sunday, the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) said. Full story
