The Deputy Head of the Presidential Council, Mossa Al-Koni, said that the threat of Russian Wagner Group mercenaries "poses a danger not only to Libya, but also to the Sa
The National Commission for Human Rights in Libya (NCHRL) said it was deeply concerned about the Nigerien authorities’ repeal (on November 25) of the laws related to comb
The labor ministers of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States recommended at the conclusion of their meeting in Tripoli on Tuesday the necessity of involving the private s
European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson has confirmed that the number of migrants coming from Libya has increased significantly, with a decrease of approxim
The Chief of Niger's military regime, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, abolished a law issued in 2015 that criminalized the smuggling of illegal immigrants seeking to reach
The Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi stressed the need to take measures to implement and strengthen voluntary returns of illegal immigrants to their countries
Ghana's embassy in Libya announced on Friday the return of 169 of its nationals in Libya to their country on October 26 in cooperation with the International Organization
The "national forces, political entities, and civil society institutions in the Fezzan region - south of Libya - have rejected the principle of resettling illegal immigra
The Head of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives (HoR), Youssef Al-Agori, told the British ambassador to Libya, Caroline Hurndall that Libya was
The Head of the Presidential Council, Mohammed Menfi, said that the security approach alone is not sufficient to solve the dilemma of illegal immigration, adding that thi
Italy has allocated 16 million euros for illegal immigration-related projects in Libya and Niger, the Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has said.
The Head of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohammed Menfi, and Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah will attend the International Conference on Development and Immigratio
Europol agency said it had supported the Spanish National Police in dismantling an organised criminal network smuggling migrants from Syria to the European Union (EU), ad
The Sabratha Security Directorate has announced the seizure of a wooden boat intended for human smuggling and a member of a smuggling gang as the gang was trying to set t
The Italian Defense Industries Agency said it had delivered two (Currubia) naval units on Thursday to the technical delegation of the Libyan Coast Guard as part of the pr
United Kingdom's authorities have arrested an Egyptian man who is believed to be the mastermind behind the smuggling of thousands of people across the Mediterranean from
Libyan authorities have deported 165 illegal migrants to Nigeria, including 90 women and 9 children, the spokesman for the Anti-Illegal Migration Agency in Libya, Haitham
The Spanish charity Open Arms said it rescued 117 migrants on Saturday including 25 women and a three-year-old child, mainly from Eritrea, Sudan and Libya.
The European Commission has denied helping smugglers in Libya, following a deadly Pylos shipwreck near Greece that reportedly sailed from the Tobruk area of the north Afr
A fishing boat carrying immigrants trying to reach Europe - sailing from Libya - capsized and sank Wednesday off the coast of Greece, authorities said, leaving at least 7
The Italian Interior Ministry said that Libya exceeded Tunisia in the number of immigrants arriving on Italian shores, becoming the first transit country from which "secr
A Maltese diplomatic delegation met for the first time with Khalifa Haftar for talks in Benghazi on security challenges faced by Malta and Libya in the region, discussing
The Libyan Coast Guard recovered, on Tuesday, bodies of 11 migrants, including a child, after their boat bound for Europe sank off the coast of Qarabulli.
Libya Crimes Watch (LCW) has called on authorities in Libya to assume their responsibilities towards rescuing migrants along migration routes and at sea.
The UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that more than 400 immigrants died trying to cross the Mediterranean in the first three months of 2023 - the
A merchant ship has supplied fuel and water to a boat with around 400 migrants on board - taking off from off the Libyan coast - which is in distress between Greece and M
The European Union (EU) announced its support to the Government of Niger in the field of assistance, protection and the search for durable solutions for asylum
The Head of the Interior Committee of the House of Representatives (HoR), Sulaiman Al-Harari, objected to the report of the Independent Fact-Finding Mission in
The European Union (EU) defended on Tuesday its record of helping to relieve the suffering of immigrants in Libya, after UN-backed investigators accused the EU of abetting human rights abuses and o
Algerian police announced Wednesday the dismantling of an international network that works in smuggling illegal immigrants to Europe from Syria and Lebanon, passing through Benghazi in eastern Liby
The Italian Ministry of the Interior revealed statistics showing that Libya ranks second after Tunisia in the number of boats of illegal immigrants sailing to Italy, Italian Nova News Agency has re
A boat carrying over 40 migrants has capsized off the Libyan coast while a cargo ship was trying to save them, Italy's coast guard confirmed on Sunday.
The Minister of Interior of the Government of National Unity, Emad Trabelsi, has supervised, with his Italian counterpart, Matteo Piantedosi, the “launch of the work of an Italian-Libyan task force
The European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) has detected more than 13,000 cases of illegal border crossings at the external borders of the European Union in January.
The Libyan Ambassador to the European Union, Jalal Al-Ashi, has discussed with the Head of Mission at International Center for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) in Brussels, Ralph Genetzke, migr
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani described the agreement to deliver five ships to Libya, funded by the European Union (EU), as the right option to address the immigration problem, according
An Italian Coast Guard official said that 2022 witnessed the arrival of 53,000 illegal immigrants via the Mediterranean from Libya, which was an increase of 70%.
The former Italian parliament member, Giuliano Pisapia, called for appointing a permanent European representative in Libya, urging for putting pressure on the Libyan authorities
The European Union's Frontex agency said that the number of attempts by immigrants to enter the European Union states without a permit amounted last year to about 330,000 attempt
Italian sources said that Rome had recently sent an important security delegation to Tripoli, led by police chiefs, to meet with the Interior Minister-designate of the Government
Libya's Coast Guard has interception a vessel carrying around 700 migrants off the eastern coast of Libya in one of the largest operations in recent months targeting migrants des
