Illegal Immigrants

The International Organization for Migration reports it has repatriated 127 African and Asian migrants stranded in Libya.Tripoli’s Mitiga International airport was shut down last Sunday after being hit by missiles.For safety…

Hundreds of refugees and illegal immigrants trapped in Libyan detention centers will be evacuated to Rwanda as conflict rages in the country, the United Nations said Tuesday.Vincent Cochetel, special envoy for the central Mediterranean…

Humanitarian groups SOS Mediterranee and Doctors Without Borders rescued 50 migrants on Sunday from a rubber dinghy off Libya's coast and brought them aboard their charity ship, Ocean Viking.According to Associated Press,  the…

At least 40 people are feared dead following an accident of a boat off the coast of Libya, according to the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR)."Terrible news coming in of potentially large loss of life in a shipwreck off the coast of…

The UN Higher Commission of Refugees (UNHCR) said on Sunday that 1,350 refugees have been evacuated from Libya to third countries so far in 2019.A total of "1,350 refugees left Libya to safe third countries through evacuation or…

Migrants trapped in Libyan detention centres where many have been subjected to abuse would be evacuated to Rwanda under an emergency plan being discussed with international humanitarian agencies and the EU, The Financial Times has reported.…

The Libyan coastguards have intercepted 122 Europe-bound illegal migrants off the country’s Mediterranean coast in recent days.Libya's Navy spokesman Ayoub Qassim said Tuesday that the migrants, including two women and a child, were on…

Libyan coast guards on Saturday rescued 62 illegal immigrants off the country's western coast, said the Libyan anti-illegal immigration department.The statement said that a coast guard's patrol rescued 62 illegal immigrants on a rubber…

The Libyan Interior Ministry has announced that it is in the process of shutting down three migrants' detention centers and releasing the migrants, urging the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) and IOM to start repatriating them or resettling them…

At least 115 migrants have gone missing and feared to have drowned and 134 others were rescued by Libyan coast guards and local fishermen after a wooden boat carrying migrants capsized off Libya.The Libyan Navy spokesman Ayoub Qassim…

Libya's coastguards have intercepted a rubber boat carrying 53 African migrants bound for Europe, including 10 women and a child, off its Mediterranean coast.Libyan Navy spokesman Ayoub Qassim said Saturday that the African migrants…

The heads of two refugee agencies called Thursday for refugees and illegal migrants held in Libyan centres to be freed and for countries to take them in.UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi and International Organization for…

An overnight airstrike by a drone for Khalifa Haftar's forces hit Daman Camp - Tajoura migrants' detention center - leaving behind over 36 migrants killed and over 80 others injured. The spokesman for the Health Ministry in Tripoli,…

A German rescue boat has picked up 44 people that were stranded off the Libyan coast.The rescue comes a day after the same boat handed over 65 migrants to Malta.The "Alan Kurdi" vessel operated by Sea-Eye rescued 44 migrants on…

At least 80 migrants are feared dead after a boat capsized off the coast of Tunisia. Four people were rescued from the inflatable vessel - which sank in waters near the town of Zarzis - but one died later in hospital, reports said.…

Doctors Without Borders Wednesday called for urgent evacuation of refugees and migrants held in detention centers in Libya in the wake of a fresh attack killing many of them. Prince Alfani, Libya medical coordinator of the…

UNHCR said in a statement with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) that the appalling toll in injuries and lives from Tuesday night’s attack east of Tripoli at the Tajoura Detention Centre speaks to the deep concerns,…

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) strongly condemned in a statement on Wednesday the attack on a compound in Tajoura in which migrants were detained, which led to at least 44 deaths and more than 130 severe injuries.…

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has said that there is a ''catastrophic situation'' in Libyan detention centers that it visited."Over the past nine months, 22 people have died from suspected tuberculosis and other diseases in two…

Libya’s coastguards have intercepted Europe-bound vessels carrying nearly 200 illegal migrants, including women, off the country’s Mediterranean coast.Libyan Navy spokesman Ayoub Qassim said Saturday that five rubber boats carrying 199…