Tag Archives: Zuwara

Zuwara Security Directorate rescued on Thursday 27 illegal immigrants from drowning after their dingy boat flooded at sea. The Directorate spokesperson, Hafez Muammar said the migrants are of different nationalities, which are Libyan, Algerian, Tunisian and Moroccan, including five women and a girl and an elderly person, who was unable …

The Zuwara Security Directorate denied the drowning of a boat carrying illegal immigrants, including Libyans, off the coast of Zuwara. The Directorate said on its official website on Friday, that the news is not true, adding that its mission is to reduce the phenomenon of illegal migration. The Directorate confirmed …

The Libyan Coast Guard rescued on Wednesday 31 illegal immigrants, including a child, aboard a wooden boat north of the town of Zuwara, west of Tripoli. The Libyan navy spokesperson, Ayoub Qassem told ArraedLG, the migrants are from Bangladesh and Ghana and were handed over to the Illegal Immigration Agency …

Zuwara Security Directorate announced on Monday the death of eight illegal immigrants as a result of suffocation inside a lorry container in Zuwara, arresting the perpetrators after being identified. The Directorate on its official page said the migrants were suffocated as a result of gasoline inside the truck, which resulted …

Zuwara Security Directorate detained 267 illegal immigrants, including women, from African and Arab nationalities in two separate operations in the city. The Directorate said, on its Facebook page, the first operation was for raiding a house in the city in which 185 immigrants were found, including 24 women, most of …

The Fuel and Gas Crisis Committee announced it had stopped fueling 22 stations in Zuwara, Abukmash and Zelten. The Committee said on its official page on Sunday, Zawiya oil warehouse was prevented from providing these stations with fuel and were referred to the Office of the Attorney General and Criminal …

Zuwara Security Directorate foiled on Friday an attempt to smuggle illegal immigrants after they raided a den used by human trafficking gangs to gather migrants before sending them across the sea to Europe. The Directorate spokesperson, Hafiz Muammar told ArraedLG, they arrested a member of the gang, 139 migrants, 17 …

The Anti-Illegal Immigration number of illegal immigration reduced the number of centers housing illegal migrants to 12 out of the 34 operating in the country. The Agency’s media advisor, Milad Al-Sadi told Italian news agency AKI that the center of Zuwara shelter houses less than 500 illegal immigrants out of …

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has expressed concern about the fate of about 800 illegal immigrants held at a Zuwara housing center in difficult conditions. The organization said on its official website on Friday, these migrants have been held in inhumane conditions for more than five months without food or water …

Zuwara Security Directorate spokesperson, Hafez Muammar said on Saturday, a security team arrested 19 illegal migrants of different nationalities, two of whom are women, in a house in Zuwara. Muammar said in a statement to ArraedLG, the team is completing the legal procedures with the migrants who were arrested on …

The Libyan Coast Guard rescued 217 illegal immigrants off the coast of Garabulli. The Libyan Navy spokesperson Ayoub Qassem said, in a statement to ArraedLG, the migrants, who include “85 women and 10 children of different African nationalities,” were aboard two rubber boats. Qassem added that the migrants were handed …

Libyan naval spokesperson, Ayoub Qassem said on Saturday a Coast Guard patrol rescued 202 illegal immigrants aboard two rubber boats, of which there were 14 women and 2 children. In a statement to ArraedLG, Qassem confirmed that the rescue of the migrants took place in two separate maneuvers, one in …

Zuwara Municipality received on Sunday the third batch of medical aid provided by the Italian embassy in Libya. Zuwara mayor told ArraedLG, this set carries medicines and medical tests used only within the emergency department, explaining that the assistance was provided in the framework of joint cooperation between the Italian …

The Zuwara Security Directorate announced the rescue of 97 illegal immigrants off the island of Farwa. The Directorate spokesperson Hafez Muammar told ArraedLG on Monday, a division of the Directorate saved 97 migrants, including women and children of different nationalities after their boat broke down, adding that the migrants were …

Libyan Navy spokesperson, Brigadier General Ayoub Qassem said on Thursday, a patrol from the Zuwara Coast Guard rescued 100 illegal immigrants, of which were 8 women and a child, who were on board a rubber boat. Qassem told ArraedLG, of the migrants were 24 Moroccan, 11 from Algeria, 6 from …

The Zuwara Security Directorate spokesperson, Hafez Muammar said on Thursday, the Directorate security members seized 19 Tunisian vehicles loaded with tobacco trying to smuggle it to Tunisia. Muammar told ArraedLG, the owners of the cars “escaped leaving their vehicles behind,” adding that the cars were confiscated, and the case was …