Migrants

The security department of the western Libyan city of Zuwara said its personnel have arrested 28 illegal immigrants who were preparing to cross the sea into Europe.The immigrants, who are of African and Asian nationalities, were…

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…

A boat carrying about 250 people, mainly from Eritrea and other sub-Saharan African and Arab countries, capsized last month off the coast near Al-Khoms, east of the capital Tripoli.Libyan coast guards and local fishermen rescued 134…

A charity that operates a rescue ship carrying more than a hundred migrants off the coast of Italy on Sunday said that it could not accept an offer from Spain to dock in Algeciras, citing an emergency situation on board.The migrants,…

The Libyan coast guard said it had rescued 278 migrants on four different boats in recent days.The migrants, including 18 women and two children, had been trying to make their way to Europe.Libya's coast guard on Saturday said it…

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…

40 migrants aboard a German NGO rescue ship arrived in Malta Sunday after Italy refused to let them land and a distribution agreement was made between several EU countries.The Alan Kurdi ship, run by charity Sea-Eye, had rescued the…

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…

75 migrants were intercepted by the coastguards off the coast of Libya’s capital, TripoliThe coast guard of the country’s UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) said Friday in a statement that the migrants  were planning to…

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…

The European Union said the the current migration management system used by Libya must end. The bloc stressed that it remains committed to fighting human trafficking.''Libya's current system of managing irregular migration and…

Libyan authorities buried the bodies of 46 migrants  on Sunday after they were recovered from the sea following one of deadliest shipwrecks in the Mediterranean so far this year.Rescue workers said on Friday they had recovered the…

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…

The Libyan coast guard says that it has intercepted about four dozen Europe-bound migrants off the Mediterranean coast.The coast guard said Wednesday it had taken the migrants to Tajoura detention center that was bombed earlier this…

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has dismissed the notion that all migrants currently in Libya aim to come to Europe.The organization estimates that out of 650,000, "a few ten thousand migrants in Libya have the right…

SOS Mediterranee and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) charities have relaunched migrant rescue operations off Libya, seven months after they were forced to abandon efforts using their ship Aquarius. The two groups "are back at sea with a…