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Libya key transit
for UK-bound migrants
Up to a million await calmer spring seas before risking
their lives to cross the Mediterranean
Mark Townsend
Sunday January 13, 2008
The Observer< UK
Up to a million migrants have gathered in Libya, from where
they will attempt to sail across the Mediterranean for
Europe and, ultimately, the UK.
New estimates reveal that there are two million migrants
massed in the North African country and that half of them
plan to sail to the European mainland and travel on to
Britain in the hope of building a new life.
According to the International Organisation for Migration
(IOM), most have travelled from sub-Saharan states such as
Ghana and Sierra Leone, attracted by Libya's reputation as a
centre for people smugglers. Most are expected to wait until
the spring, when the seas are calmer, before making the
crossing on unseaworthy and crowded vessels.......
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Ashaiman irrigation scheme under threat by trespassers
Ashaiman, Jan 12, Ghanadot/GNA-- The Ashaiman Irrigation
Farmers Co-operative Society, has appealed to government and
other stakeholders in the agricultural sector to eject
trespassers operating along the irrigation dam at Ashaiman..
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The
law mandates only the EC Chairman to declare election results
Accra, Jan. 11, Ghanadot/GNA - The National
Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) on Friday urged the
various political parties contesting Election 2008 not to
torpedo the mandate of the Electoral Commission (EC) in
declaring electoral results.
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Plea for Ghanaian woman's
return
Jan 12, BBC - Ghana's
High Commissioner in London has appealed to Britain to
reverse its decision to fly a terminally ill woman back to
the African country. ........More |
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Annan
calls for restraint
Nairopbi, Jan 12,Nairobi - Former
United Nations chief Kofi Annan on Friday appealed for restraint
from the leading players in the post-election crisis in Kenya,
in a bid to prevent another flare-up of violence. ....
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