This is how human traffickers profit from the chaos in Libya
A boat carrying about 20 migrants capsized in the Mediterranean off the coast of Libya on monday, leaving at least 19 people missing. It was...
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Menfi highlights importance of cooperation with Italy
The Head of the Presidential Council, Mohammed Menfi, held a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi in Rome, on Tuesday. During the meeting, Menfi stressed the...
Dbeibah says “illegal immigration is not related to Libya only”
The Prime Minister of the national unity government, Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah, discussed during a meeting with Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio, on Sunday, in Tripoli,...
10,000 illegal immigrants Rescued Off Libya in 2020
On Monday, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) announced that a total of 9,839 illegal migrants have been rescued off Libya’s coast in 2020. In...
IOM Reports Repatriation of 160 Migrants to Libya
A reported 160 migrants in the night between Sunday and Monday were taken back to Libya by coast guards, a spokesperson for the International Organization...
45 irregular migrants die in shipwreck off Libya
At least 45 irregular migrants, including five children, died when their boat’s engine exploded in waters off Libya’s Mediterranean coast, the UN said Wednesday. The...
Tajoura: bodies of five migrants recovered off the coast
The Ministry of Interior announced that the Anti-Smuggling Unit in Tajoura district, Tripoli, has recovered five bodies of irregular immigrants. The recovery operation was conducted...
Malta rescues 95 migrants from sinking dinghy
Malta’s armed forces have rescued a group of 95 migrants found in distress on a dinghy north of Libya and brought them ashore at a military base...
Libya cooperates with EU to face illegal immigration
During a meeting on Monday, the undersecretary of the Ministry of Defence, Salah El-Din El-Namroush has agreed with the European Ambassador, Alan Bugeja on the...
IOM: A shipwreck off the coast of Tripoli
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Saturday that a boat carrying illegal immigrants broke off the Libyan coast. “Shipwreck off the coast of Tripoli,...