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A Libyan Coast Guard patrol rescued 53 illegal immigrants aboard a rubber boat off the coast of Sabratha. According to the Libyan navy, migrants, including 10 women and one child of different African nationalities, were handed over to the illegal immigration control agency in Zawiya after providing humanitarian assistance. The …

On Friday, the border patrol of the Coast Guard rescued 110 illegal immigrants of African nationalities off the coast of Khoms. Among those rescued were 25 women and 7 children. The International Medical Corps have provided assistance to the immigrants and they were received by the Center for the shelter …

On Wednesday, a spokesman for the Swiss Federal Department of Justice and Police, Emmanuel Jacquet, said Wednesday that Switzerland has provided $ 1 million since last year to finance and support the IOM program to strengthen the Libyan Coast Guard capabilities. Jacque said that Switzerland had made it a priority …

On Thursday the High representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini said that the priority of European and international action in Libya is to find a lasting solution to the current crisis, while also considering the “migrant crisis”. After the conclusion of the first …

On Wednesday a Libyan coast guard patrol rescued 166 illegal immigrants from different African nationalities off the coast of Castelverde. According to the media office of the Libyan Navy’s Facebook page, their rescue operation was carried out by their Sabratha boat. The Libyan Navy added that among those rescued were …

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) appealed to the world to receive 1,300 migrants stranded in Libya after being “ill-treated during their detention in difficult conditions in Libya.” UNHCR said that Niger had agreed to temporarily host the most vulnerable migrants, unaccompanied children and mothers with their children- …

An agreement for the emergency evacuation of migrants in Libya was reached at the African Union-European Union summit in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The agreement was discussed in the presence of the European Union, the African Union, and the United Nations. Nine countries present agreed to undertake the initiative – Libya, …

On Tuesday a briefing in regards to the Refugee crisis in Libya was held at the UN Security Council The French delegate, François Delattre, stated that France denounces the circumstances of human trafficking that is being witnessed in Libya. He added that human trafficking poses a threat to international peace …