The International Organization for Migration (IOM) confirmed the increase in number of migrant victims as a result of the air raid on the Tajoura accommodation center, to 53 migrants, including 6 children. The organization said in a statement Friday that at least 12 out of 130 injured migrants are in …
Read More »Human Rights Watch: European Policies Contribute To The Violation Of Migrants Rights In Libya
Human Rights Watch, on Monday, stated that “EU policies contribute to a cycle of serious violations against migrants in Libya.” In a report, Human Rights Watch clarified that the European Union and Italy’s support of the Libyan Coast Guard helps immensly in intercepting migrants and asylum seekers, and their arbitrary …
Read More »Salama Explains the Circumstances of What Happened on the Cargo Ship “Niven”
The head of the United Nations mission to Libya, Ghassan Salama, said that the situation on the Turkish cargo ship “Niven” was not normal and choosing between those who want to get off and who wants to go to Europe was inevitable after the Mission and the security had made …
Read More »Italy: Migrants flow from Libya decreased by more than 70%
The Italian Interior Ministry reported that the rate of arrival of illegal immigrants to Italy from Libya fell by more than 71% compared with the same period in 2017. According to the Italian news agency Aki, the Interior Ministry said in a statement, on Monday, more than 4 thousand immigrants …
Read More »Libyan Coast Guard rescues 98 migrants off the coast of Libya
The Libyan Navy spokesperson, Ayoub Qassem said on Sunday, a Coast Guard patrol rescued 98 illegal immigrants on Saturday. “The migrants were on a rubber boat that stopped 14 miles north of Abu Kammash,” said Qassem, adding that Arab nationalities were among the immigrants. On Saturday, the Libyan coast …
Read More »Trafficking ring torturing migrants arrested by Sirte Security and Protection Force
A joint patrol by the Sirte Security and Protection Force and the Central Support Force arrested, on Wednesday a trafficking ring in Al-Qadahiya area, southwest of Sirte. The Sirte Security and Protection Force media office said that the arrest was made after videos widely circulated on social media showed scenes …
Read More »Italy receives first group of migrants deported from Libya
Italian Interior Minister, Marco Minetti, and the Italian Archbishop received a number of African refugees deported from Libya. The migrants received were a part of those “entitled to international protection”. The group consisted of 160 refugees from the “most vulnerable” group- being women, children, and the elderly. The migrants were …
Read More »Mali repatriates 172 migrants from Libya
The Mali Government in cooperation with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced on Friday, of the return of 172 illegal migrants that were stranded in Libya. An additional source told Sputnik news agency that another flight would be organized next Monday to repatriate about another 130 other migrants who …
Read More »Murzuq Operation Room: We have launched a security operation to prevent the smuggling of fuel and goods
On Friday, the joint security operations room for Murzuq announced that they will be preventing the exit of food supplies and fuel outside the Libyan border. The commander of the operation room, Brigadier Abu Bakr Al-Darmoun, told Arraed LG that the chamber will proceed in the implementation of these procedures …
Read More »Amnesty International: Europe is complicit in the violations of the rights of illegal immigrants in Libya
Amnesty International has accused the European Union of breaching its human rights obligations and colluding with those who violate the rights of illegal immigrants in Libya. In a report released on Tuesday the agency said that the Libyan authorities resorted to the detention of migrants in order to manage the …
Read More »The United Nations appeals to the countries of the world to receive more than a thousand immigrants from Libya
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- …
Read More »Libyan Coast Guard saves illegal immigrants of Arab nationalities
On Friday, the Libyan Coast Guards from the naval base rescued a group of illegal immigrants of Arab nationalities off the coast of Tripoli. According to the Anti-Illegal Immigration Authority, the operations room received a telephone signal from the Tripoli Coast Guard stating that it had a group of illegal …
Read More »144 illegal migrants deported through Misrata International Airport
The Misrata Security Directorate announced on Tuesday the deportation of 144 illegal migrants of a Nigerian nationality via Misrata International Airport, in cooperation with the illegal immigration agency in the city. Of those deported, 97 were men, 39 were women, and 8 were children.The Directorate, through its official website on …
Read More »President of Presidential Council Fayez Al-Sarraj: combating smuggling networks is a collective responsibility that can not be left for Libya to manage on its own.
In his speech on Wednesday at the African- European Summit in the capital of Côte d’Ivoire, the President of Presidential Council, Fayez Al-Sarraj, said that what has been published and circulated in some media reports of allegations of slavery and trafficking of migrants is being investigated by authorities in Libya. …
Read More »International agreement to carry out emergency evacuations of migrants and UNHCR sets up onground centers to facilitate deportations out of Libya
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, …
Read More »The Minister of State Affairs for Migrants and the Displaced discusses distributing aid to those who are entitled to it
On Sunday, the Minister of State Affairs for Migrants and the Displaced, Yousuf Jalalah, discussed with the Director of the Libyan Relief and Humanitarian Aid Authority of #Tripoli Branch, Khalid Al-Margani, and Board member, Khaled Rafie, the mechanism of distributing humanitarian aid to those in need. The Government of National …
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