Tunisia and Libya announced on Thursday they had agreed to share responsibility for providing shelter for hundreds of migrants stranded in a border area, many of them for a month. Aid groups said three groups of about 300 migrants in total remain stranded there. The Libyan interior ministry earlier on Thursday announced the bilateral agreement to “put an end to the crisis of irregular migrants stranded in the border area". Up to 1,200 black Africans were “expelled, or forcibly transferred by Tunisian security forces" to desert border regions with Libya and Algeria, Human Rights Watch said. Humanitarian officials have reported at least 25 deaths of migrants abandoned in the Tunisian-Libyan border area since last month.

Saipem has been awarded a new contract by Mellitah Oil & Gas B.V. Libyan Branch , a consortium formed by National Oil Corporation of Libya and Eni North Africa , for the development of the Bouri Gas Utilisation Project (BGUP), worth approximately 1 billion USD . With this award, Saipem confirms its commitment and competitive positioning offshore Libya . jointly controls both Saipem and Mellitah Oil & Gas B.V. . Saipem is a global leader in the engineering and construction of major projects for the energy and infrastructure sectors, both offshore and onshore. Saipem is 'One Company' organized into five business lines - Asset Based Services, Energy Carriers, Offshore Wind, Sustainable Infrastructures, Robotics & Industrialized Solutions.

Share Comment on this story CommentTUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisia and Libya took back 276 sub-Saharan migrants stranded in a desert region along the border between the two countries and brought them to shelters on Thursday. Tunisia has been blamed for dumping the migrants in the sizzling heat in the no-man’s land near the border post of Ras Jedir. Libya said Wednesday that 27 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa were found dead by Libyan authorities in the western desert near the Tunisian border. AdvertisementThe development follows an agreement Wednesday during a meeting in Tunis of Tunisian and Libyan interior ministers, accompanied by large delegations. Tunisia has since been widely denounced by human rights groups for dumping some migrants in the desert border area with Libya and also with neighboring Algeria to the north.

Six people were mildly injured after fire broke out at the Libyan International Hospital in Benghazi today. They were sent to Benghazi Medical Center for treatment, according to multiple press reports. Authorities have responded the a fire, and patients and staff were evacuated. The cause of the fire is unclear.

Tunisia and Libya agreed on Thursday to share responsibility for providing shelter for hundreds of migrants stranded for up to a month at their border after dozens died in the desertTunis, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 10th Aug, 2023 ) :Tunisia and Libya agreed on Thursday to share responsibility for providing shelter for hundreds of migrants stranded for up to a month at their border after dozens died in the desert. Aid groups said three groups of about 300 migrants in total from sub-Saharan African countries remain stranded there in life-threatening conditions. The Libyan interior ministry announced the agreement to "put an end to the crisis of irregular migrants stranded in the border area". - Racial tensions - In a later statement, it said there were no more migrants stranded at the border following the agreement, adding that joint patrols were being organised to "secure the border". But AFP journalists and other media reported that about 350 migrants had remained stranded at Ras Jedir in the following weeks.

EventAuthorities are responding to a fire at the Libyan International Hospital in Benghazi, Libya, Aug. 10. Patients and staff are being evacuated. Localized road travel delays are likely near the affected area in the coming hours. AdviceAvoid the area until authorities give the all-clear. Plan for some road travel delays in the area.

Saipem has secured a major contract for engineering and commissioning work on a new gas module for Libya’s Bouri field. Awarded by Mellitah Oil & Gas – a consortium comprised of the National Oil Corporation of Libya and Eni – the contract roughly $1 billion contract covers development work at the Bouri Gas Utilisation Project (BGUP). Lying some 75 miles off the Libyan coast Bouri began production in the late 1980s and is the country’s largest producing field. Saipem said its completion would make “an important contribution to reducing CO2 emissions in Libya.”Notably, the transaction also qualifies as a “related party transaction”, given Eni’s joint control of both Saipem and Mellitah Oil & Gas. The award also continues a turnaround for Saipem which revealed pre-tax profits of €118 million for H1 2023.

Israeli settler violence and illegal takeover of Palestinian lands have forcibly transferred nearly 500 Palestinians from seven communities over the past 20 months. Israeli settlers took over the Ras At-Tin Bedouin community’s grazing lands and established a vineyard next to an Israeli military base, where Israeli forces prevented Ras At-Tin residents from accessing their lands. According to the Norwegian Refugee Council, 12 families in the Ras At-Tin Bedouin community, northeast of Ramallah, fled their homes this week. “The rapid establishment of settlement outposts and takeover of Palestinian land is choking Palestinian communities, destroying their livelihoods, and putting Palestinian lives at risk. The UN has documented 591 Israeli settler attacks so far this year that have resulted in casualties and property damage.

The Ministry of Interior announced today the evacuation of illegal migrants from the border area between Libya and Tunisia. It explained that this came after proceeding with the implementation of the results of the visit of the Acting Interior Emad Trabelsi to Tunisia yesterday. It will be recalled that last week Tunisia had started to roundup illegal migrants and sent them to the desert border with Libya. As unemployment has increased, Tunisians are scapegoating illegal migrants. Today’s announcement by the Tripoli-based Libyan Interior Ministry comes on the back of yesterday’s visit by Acting Minister of Interior Major General Imad Trabelsi’s official working visit to Tunisia, accompanied by a high-ranking delegation.

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Italian offshore engineering and construction company Saipem has won a new contract with Mellitah Oil & Gas B.V. Libyan Branch, a consortium formed by the National Oil Corporation of Libya and Eni North Africa, for the development of the Bouri Gas Utilisation Project (BGUP), worth approximately $1 billion. Saipem will revamp the platforms and facilities of the Bouri gas field, which lies in water depths between 145 meters and 183 meters, offshore the Libyan coast. The contract entails the engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and commissioning (EPCIC) of an approximately 5,000-ton Gas Recovery Module (GRM), onto the existing DP4 offshore facility, together with the laying of 28 km of pipelines connecting the DP3, DP4, and Sabratha platforms. The main lifting operations will be executed by the semi-submersible crane vessel Saipem 7000.

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The survivors reported having left Sfax, Tunisia, on a metal boat with a total of 45 people on Aug. 3. About six hours into their voyage, a huge wave overturned the vessel, RAI state television reported. The migrants rescued by the Rimona were then transferred onto an Italian coast guard vessel which brought them to the Sicilian island of Lampedusa on Wednesday, said Sea-Watch's Paul Wagner. An hour later they saw a copter, then the oil tanker came” and rescued them, Chiaramonte told RaiNews24, adding that the survivors reported that altogether around 15 people had rudimentary lifesavers. Tunisia's President Kais Saied’s has promoted unfounded remarks that sub-Saharan migrants are part of a plot to alter the country’s identity and demographics fueling tensions between locals and Black foreigners.

FILE - Migrants gather in a desert area on the Libyan side of the Tunisia-Libya border on Sunday July 23, 2023. Libyan authorities said on Wednesday, Aug, 9 at least 27 suspected African migrants have died in the country’s western desert near the border with Tunisia. In a statement posted on Facebook, Libya’s Interior Ministry said the bodies were discovered recently near the border and that a forensic team had been deployed to the area.

Tragedy strikes as 41 lives lost in migrant shipwreck near Italian islandThe Red Cross has given them food, drink, clothes, and emergency thermal blankets, but because of the high waves, the coastguard has been unable to save them at sea. They further told the Red Cross that the migrant boat left Stax, Tunisia several days ago. However, they were also wearing life jackets and were able to crawl on remnants of a different shipwrecked boat, according to the Red Cross. The Red Cross has given them food, drink, clothes, and emergency thermal blankets, but because of the high waves, the coastguard has been unable to save them at sea. Lampedusa is the closest Italian island to Africa and is a major destination for migrants seeking to enter European Union countries, according to CNN.