The Latest Breaking News from Libya

Hundreds of illegal migrants from Pakistan and other nations were aboard, hoping to land lucrative jobs in Europe. We talk to family members, some still awaiting news of the fate of their loved ones.

Many now feared dead in the boat wreck off Greece were full of hope and asked loved ones to pray for them.

Key issues remain strongly contested despite draft laws agreed in Morocco by Libya’s rival legislative bodies.

The European Union’s migration chief says the shipwreck last week off Greece that is feared to have killed hundreds of people may be the “worst ever tragedy” of its kind

The Egyptian suspects face charges that include participation in a criminal organization, manslaughter and causing a shipwreck.

Authorities in Pakistan say at least 124 Pakistanis were on a boat that sank off Greece with hundreds feared drowned.

Poverty drove young men from small Kashmir town to board ill-fated fishing trawler, say families

Dozens of migrants who packed a fishing vessel that sank off Greece last week came from impoverished farming communities in Egypt’s Nile Delta

The Mediterranean route between Libya and Italy has been described as the “world’s most dangerous maritime crossing”. This was proven once again last week in the tragic shipwreck of a boat full of men, women and children, around 50 miles away from the southern Greek town of Pylos.