IOM: Over 700,000 Migrants Present in Libya
On Saturday, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that the total number of irregular migrants in Libya is estimated ...
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IOM: 500 Migrants Returned to Libya
Nearly 500 migrants who tried to cross the central Mediterranean have been brought back to Libya, a spokesman for the ...
Read moreBoat Carrying 500 Migrants at Risk after Departing Libya
Alarm Phone, a charity that picks up calls from migrant vessels in distress, was alerted that a ship that departed ...
Read moreHumanitarian Ship Rescues 71 Migrants Fleeing Libya
Italian security sources announced that a new rescue operation took place in the central Mediterranean. Sources stated that "71 people ...
Read moreLibyan Security Forces Arrest Italian Migrant NGO Collaborators
The Libyan Internal Security Agency (ISA) announced the arrest of “a number of collaborators with an Italian organisation seeking to ...
Read moreThree Secret Prisons Discovered in Libya
The Anti-Illegal Immigration Agency, Kufra Branch, discovered three secret prisons run by a gang consisting of 13 people of different ...
Read moreHuman Traffickers Arrested in Libya
Three Bangladeshi human traffickers were arrested in Libya, on charges of kidnapping and torturing migrants, the Libya Ministry of Interior ...
Read moreSecurity Official: Settling Migrants in Libya Rejected
The Head of Libya's Anti-Illegal Immigration Agency, Colonel Mohamed Al-Khawja confirmed that the possibility of settling illegal immigrants in Libya ...
Read moreGerman NGO Criticises Italian Coast Guard for Returning Migrants to Libya
On Thursday, the German non-governmental organisation (NGO) Sea-Watch criticised the Italian Coast Guard for returning 30 migrants to Libya, after ...
Read moreItaly Denies Ordering Vessel to Return Migrants to Libya
According to news outlet Swissinfo, the Italian Coast Guard has denied reports that it requested a commercial ship that had ...
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