Illegal Immigrants

Libyan coast guards rescued 80 undocumented migrants, including 28 women and 11 children, on Friday off the coast of northwestern Libya, the coastguards said. According to a statement issued by the Libyan coast guard, the migrants were…

Libyan coastguards recovered the bodies of 11 illegal migrants who died off Libya’s western shores during an attempted crossing to Italy on Sunday, a spokesman said. More than 80 migrants survived the incident off…

Libyan coast guard  rescued on Tuesday more than 200 illegal immigrants on two rubber boats off western coast, according to a local official."The department has received 204 illegal immigrants of nine African nationalities,…

The number of migrants detained in Libya has dropped by four-fifths since May 2017, a senior government official said on Monday.General Mohammad Bishr, head of a government department set up to tackle clandestine migration,…

 Armed groups execute and torture civilians in Libya in almost complete impunity seven years after the revolution that toppled Muammar Gaddafi, the United Nations human rights office said on Wednesday. Libyans and…

A young Eritrean man died on Tuesday in Sicily of tuberculosis compounded by severe malnutrition. His name was Segen. He was 22, reported Human Rights Watch (HRW). HRW said that Segen was rescued from the…

At least 16,000 African migrants have been repatriated from camps in Libya under an emergency plan, the EU's foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Tuesday.European and African leaders announced a plan for accelerated…

The Libyan navy on Saturday rescued 252 migrants seeking to reach Europe, in two separate operations off the country's western coast."We were alerted... to the position of a migrant boat" around 30km off Zawiya, west of Tripoli,…

 21 illegal migrants were missing and probably drowned after a rubber dinghy and a wooden boat set off from Libya for Italy and had to be rescued, the International Organisation for Migration said on Tuesday.…

The U.N. refugee agency has evacuated more than 1,000 highly vulnerable people from Libya in a three-month operation that began last November. The agency hopes to evacuate hundreds more and is searching for more lasting solutions for people…

Libya's coastguard rescued 441 migrants in two separate operations as their boats drifted off the western coast, the navy and a doctor said on Tuesday. Thirty-five women and 16 children were among 324 illegal…

The Libyan coastguard said 324 migrants were picked up on Monday trying to leave the North African country on board two rubber boats.Libya's western coastline is the main departure point for migrants attempting to reach Europe by…

 The United Nations said most armed groups involved in human trafficking in Libya have links to the country’s official security institutions. UN sanctions experts said in a confidential report to a Security…

On 2 February, UNHCR evacuated 136 vulnerable refugees from Libya to UNHCR’s Emergency Transit Mechanism (ETM) in Niger.There, their case will be processed to find a durable solution, including resettlement. With this flight, UNHCR has…

The Pakistani Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) claimed on Sunday to have arrested four human smugglers linked to the recent capsizing of an immigrants' boat in Libya in which several Pakistanis were killed.FIA officials said the…

At least 90 migrants are believed to have drowned off the coast of Libya after their boat capsized this morning, reports the International Organization for Migration.Ten bodies washed ashore near the Libyan town of Zuwara, while two…

African immigrants arrive in Tripoli after being detained by the Libyan coastguard (Reuters)Libya's Illegal Immigration Agency issued a decision Wednesday to close four shelters in western region, without giving a specific reason.…

A total of 121 illegal immigrants were rescued off the coast of Libya late Monday, including women and children. The rescue operation was conducted offshore of Garabulli, 60 kilometers east of…

A high-ranking security delegation from the Committee of Intelligence and Security Services of Africa (CISSA) arrived in Libya's capital, Tripoli, on Sunday morning, reported the media bureau of the Libyan Foreign Ministry.The media…

560 Nigerian illegal immigrants arrived in Port Harcourt on Saturday, bringing to 1,590, the number of Nigerians repatriated from Libya since January 7.More than 6,000 illegal immigrants from Nigeria were deported from Libya in 2017.…