Renata Brito
@renatabritoap.bsky.social
Brazilian journalist leading Associated Press (AP) international migration coverage. Based in Barcelona.
Humanitarian group SOS Mediterranee says Libya's coast guard fired at them in the Mediterranean Sea. No casualties were reported but the Ocean Viking's windows were shattered and lifesaving equipment damaged. The EU funds and trains the Libyan coast guard. apnews.com/article/liby...
Humanitarian group says Libya's coast guard fired on its vessel in the Mediterranean
A humanitarian group says Libya’s coast guard fired upon its vessel as it searched for a migrant boat in distress in the Mediterranean Sea.
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August 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Humanitarian group SOS Mediterranee says Libya's coast guard fired at them in the Mediterranean Sea. No casualties were reported but the Ocean Viking's windows were shattered and lifesaving equipment damaged. The EU funds and trains the Libyan coast guard. apnews.com/article/liby...
The latest victims of the deadly Mediterranean: three sisters from Sudan who died at the bottom of an overcrowded rubber dinghy fleeing Libya.
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Mediterranean rescues find 3 Sudanese sisters dead on an overcrowded migrant boat
A German nonprofit organization says three young Sudanese sisters have died after an overcrowded rubber dinghy took on water in bad weather in the Mediterranean Sea.
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August 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The latest victims of the deadly Mediterranean: three sisters from Sudan who died at the bottom of an overcrowded rubber dinghy fleeing Libya.
apnews.com/article/migr...
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"Art can sometimes provide a better basis for discussion of politically loaded topics like migration." Read @apnews.com story by @mollyquell.bsky.social on Fenix, the new migration museum opening tomorrow in Rotterdam: apnews.com/article/migr...
Rotterdam unveils a museum about migration while anti-foreigner sentiment rises in Europe
A new museum is opening in the Netherlands focused on migration. The Fenix museum in Rotterdam opens on Friday.
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May 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"Art can sometimes provide a better basis for discussion of politically loaded topics like migration." Read @apnews.com story by @mollyquell.bsky.social on Fenix, the new migration museum opening tomorrow in Rotterdam: apnews.com/article/migr...
In Libya, migrants are routinely arbitrarily detained and subjected to extortion, abuse, rape and killings. A U.N. fact-finding mission found evidence of crimes against humanity. Mass graves across the country. Tens of thousands dead in the Mediterranean. @apnews.com apnews.com/article/liby...
Reports of Trump deportation plans highlight abuse of migrants in Libya
Experts, human rights workers and lawyers criticized reports of plans to deport migrants from the U.S. to Libya.
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May 9, 2025 at 8:32 AM
In Libya, migrants are routinely arbitrarily detained and subjected to extortion, abuse, rape and killings. A U.N. fact-finding mission found evidence of crimes against humanity. Mass graves across the country. Tens of thousands dead in the Mediterranean. @apnews.com apnews.com/article/liby...
apnews.com/article/tikt... becomes a tool of choice in cat-and-mouse game between migrant smugglers and authorities
TikTok becomes a tool of choice in cat-and-mouse game between migrant smugglers and authorities
Videos posted by smugglers offer a rare look inside a long elusive industry and the narratives used by trafficking networks to fuel migration north.
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March 18, 2025 at 9:42 AM
apnews.com/article/tikt... becomes a tool of choice in cat-and-mouse game between migrant smugglers and authorities
The EU wants to increase deportations and supports 'return hubs' in third countries @apnews.com apnews.com/article/migr...
The EU wants to increase deportations and supports 'return hubs' in third countries
The European Union wants to increase deportations and is opening the way for “return hubs” to be set up in third countries for rejected asylum-seekers.
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March 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The EU wants to increase deportations and supports 'return hubs' in third countries @apnews.com apnews.com/article/migr...
Asylum applications in the EU+ fell by 11% last year. Here are the numbers: apnews.com/article/asyl...
Asylum cases in Europe fell 11% last year. Here's a look at the numbers
Over 1 million asylum applications were made in the European Union, Norway and Switzerland in 2024, according to the EU asylum agency's annual report.
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March 7, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Asylum applications in the EU+ fell by 11% last year. Here are the numbers: apnews.com/article/asyl...
Foreign workers help Spain's economic growth outpace the US and the rest of Europe. Interesting story by @apnews.com colleagues in Spain
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Foreign workers help Spain's economic growth outpace the US and the rest of Europe
Foreign workers have helped to make Spain’s economy the envy of the industrialized world, even as anti-immigration sentiments grow elsewhere in Europe and in the United States.
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March 1, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Foreign workers help Spain's economic growth outpace the US and the rest of Europe. Interesting story by @apnews.com colleagues in Spain
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apnews.com/article/spai...
Trump says Ukraine started the war that’s killing its citizens. What are the facts?
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Trump says Ukraine started the war that's killing its citizens. What are the facts?
Russia’s army crossed the border on Feb. 24, 2022, in an all-out invasion that Putin sought to justify by falsely saying it was needed to protect Russian-speaking civilians in eastern Ukraine and prev...
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February 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Trump says Ukraine started the war that’s killing its citizens. What are the facts?
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“The actions taken to restrict AP’s coverage of presidential events because of how we refer to a geographic location chip away at this important right enshrined in the U.S. Constitution for all Americans.” apnews.com/article/trum...
AP reporter and photographer barred from Air Force One over 'Gulf of Mexico' terminology dispute
The Trump administration has blocked The Associated Press from traveling with President Trump on Air Force One and also from covering an Oval Office event.
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February 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
“The actions taken to restrict AP’s coverage of presidential events because of how we refer to a geographic location chip away at this important right enshrined in the U.S. Constitution for all Americans.” apnews.com/article/trum...
Incredible video of isolated indigenous man in Brazil (apparently) asking for fire. apnews.com/article/braz...
Isolated Indigenous man returns to tribe in the Amazon rainforest after brief contact
Brazilian authorities say a young man from an isolated Indigenous tribe who approached a riverine community in Brazil’s Amazon returned voluntarily to his people less than 24 hours later.
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February 17, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Incredible video of isolated indigenous man in Brazil (apparently) asking for fire. apnews.com/article/braz...
MUNICH (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he directed his ministers not to sign off on a proposed agreement to give the United States access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals because the document was too focused on U.S. interests. apnews.com/article/ukra...
US presented Ukraine with a document to access its minerals but offered almost nothing in return
Zelenskyy says he directed his ministers not to sign off on a proposed agreement to give US access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals because the document was too focused on US interests.
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February 17, 2025 at 11:37 AM
MUNICH (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he directed his ministers not to sign off on a proposed agreement to give the United States access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals because the document was too focused on U.S. interests. apnews.com/article/ukra...
“When you realize how much you’ve lost, you can see that you’ve lost something fundamental, like visual memories,” said a resident who survived the Valencia floods but lost all her possessions.
Lovely visual story by my AP colleagues Bernat Armangué and Suman Naishadham:
apnews.com/article/vale...
Lovely visual story by my AP colleagues Bernat Armangué and Suman Naishadham:
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For flood survivors in Spain, a photo project helps recover memories
VALENCIA, Spain (AP) — Months after devastating flash floods carved a muddy scar through Valencia, an effort to save some of what was lost continues apace.
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February 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
“When you realize how much you’ve lost, you can see that you’ve lost something fundamental, like visual memories,” said a resident who survived the Valencia floods but lost all her possessions.
Lovely visual story by my AP colleagues Bernat Armangué and Suman Naishadham:
apnews.com/article/vale...
Lovely visual story by my AP colleagues Bernat Armangué and Suman Naishadham:
apnews.com/article/vale...
Spain to grant residency, work permits to potentially 25,000 immigrants affected by Valencia floods apnews.com/article/vale...
Spain to grant residency, work permits to potentially 25,000 immigrants affected by Valencia floods
The Spanish government will grant one-year residency and work permits to potentially 25,000 foreigners affected by the catastrophic flash floods that hit the eastern part of the country last October.
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February 12, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Spain to grant residency, work permits to potentially 25,000 immigrants affected by Valencia floods apnews.com/article/vale...