Migrants

In a meeting between German Ambassador to Libya Oliver Owcza discussed Libya’s immigration issue with the Head of the Directorate for Combatting Illegal Migration (DCIM), General Al-Mabrouk Abdel-Hafiz, Owcaza expressed his country's…

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) stated that over 80 migrants were intercepted on their way to Europe today by the Libyan Coast Guard and returned to Libyan soil to be held in detention centres.“So far this year, some…

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in Libya has reported that more than a 160 migrants attempting to flee the country were intercepted and returned to Libya.In a tweet, the IOM emphasised that Libya must provide safe…

Over 160 migrants and refugees rescued off the Libyan coast have disembarked in the southern Italian port of Taranto, the NGO SOS Mediterranee said on Tuesday.The migrants, including 50 children and five pregnant women, "were rescued by…

An immigration reception center in the southern Libyan city of Al-Kufra said last Thursday it had deported 140 illegal immigrants to their home countries."140 illegal immigrants of the center have been deported to Chad and Sudan," the…

67 migrants have drowned after a boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea near Libya's northwestern coast, according to Italian media.A fisherman reported the incident to Alarm-Phone-Initiative, a self-organized hotline for refugees…

94 illegal migrants, including four pregnant women, have been rescued by a charity ship off the coast of Libya.The Ocean Viking, operated jointly by SOS Mediterranee and Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres, or MSF),…

Malta's armed forces have started cooperating with Libya's coastguard to turn back migrant boats heading into Malta's search and rescue zone, Times of Malta newspaper reported on Sunday, citing a secret government deal.Under the terms…

The United Nations Higher Commission of Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday said that the Libyan navy has rescued more than 8,000 illegal immigrants this year so far."As of Nov. 8, a total of 8,155 refugees and migrants were rescued/intercepted…

The missile strike on a migrant detention centre in Libya's Tajoura was carried out by a fighter plane from a foreign country, according to a confidential UN investigation seen by BBC Arabic. No country is named but a source with…

Libya’s coast guard said it had intercepted 200 Europe-bound migrants, including seven women and three children, off the country’s Mediterranean coast. The Libyan coast guard added Thursday that it had rescued two wooden boats carrying…

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Friday said it had deported 141 illegal Nigerian immigrants voluntarily from Libya to Nigeria."Yesterday (Oct. 24) we assisted 141 stranded Nigerian migrants in Libya to…

The Libyan coastguards said Saturday they rescued 148 illegal immigrants of different Arab and African nationalities off the country's western coast."After receiving a distress call, a search and rescue coast guards patrol rescued 148…

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Friday that 189 refugees had been evacuated from Libya to Rwanda.The "189 refugees and asylum seekers evacuated from Libya are now safe in the Gashora Transit Center…

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday that 165 illegal migrants have been voluntarily deported from Libya to Nigeria."Our team yesterday assisted 165 stranded Nigerian migrants in Libya, mostly women and…

Libya's coast guard has intercepted 31 Europe-bound illegal migrants off the country's Mediterranean coast.Tuesday's statement by spokesman Ayoub Qassim said the rubber boat with 31 African migrants was stopped on Sunday off the western…

German Ambassador to Libya Oliver Owcza on Monday praised evacuation of dozens of refugees from Libya to Rwanda."Congratulations to UNHCR Libya (the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) ... to Rwanda for successfully…

The Libyan coastguards on Sunday denied reports about more than 50 illegal immigrants drowning off the country's coast."The news that more than 50 immigrants have drowned off the Libyan coast is untrue. All the immigrants on the boat…

The UN refugee agency says Libya's coast guard has rescued about 70 Europe-bound migrants after days in distress in the Mediterranean Sea.UNHCR says Sunday the people have disembarked back in Libya. The previous day, it said a boat…

The first group of what is expected to be hundreds of evacuees have been moved to Rwanda from Libya, under a new programme involving the African Union and United Nations refugee agency.The 66 refugees, who were Sudanese, Somali or…