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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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- …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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 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 …