Member of the Presidential Council, Musa Al-Koni, discussed on Saturday with the Minister of State for Migration, Jdayed Maatoug Jdayed, who in charge of the higher Committee for
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), confirmed that the Libyan Coast Guard has rescued in excess of 21,000 migrants and refugees since the beginning of this year, no
The spokesman for the Libyan Naval Forces Chief of Staff reported that 113 migrants of several African nationalities were rescued on their way to European shores on two
In their latest rescue operation, Libya's Coast Guard picked up on Thursday around 96 illegal immigrants who packed themselves on board a small rubber boat hoping to re
The Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah and Italian Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese reiterated in a meeting in Tripoli on Wednesday that the two countries nee
The African Union (AU) Commission calls on Member States to expedite the evacuation and return of their respective stranded citizens in Libya after the death of 57 of A
The Tunisian mission in Libya supervised on Tuesday the deportation of 27 young Tunisians who were detained recently having participated in an illegal immigration process and wer
At least 57 illegal immigrants drowned when their boat capsized off the Libyan coast, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) confirmed on Monday.
The Libyan naval forces successfully rescued 182 immigrants of varying nationalities off the Libyan coast, whilst they attempted to make their way to European shores on a rubber
The African Union, European Union, and United Nations (AU-EU-UN) Task Force on Libya said in a joint statement that they were very concerned about recent developm
The Libyan Coast Guard and Port Security managed to rescue 121 migrants of various nationalities, who were attempting to reach European shores on a rubber dinghy.
The Libyan Coast Guard has expressed its condemnation of any actions which violate local and international standards and regulations, stressing that it intends to take all legal
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Libyan Coast Guard has returned approximately 13,000 immigrants and refugees since the beginning of th
The Libyan Navy has intercepted 338 migrants of various African nationalities, who were attempting to make their way to European shores on a rubber dinghy.
Two vessels belonging to the Libyan Coast Guard conducted two separate rescue operations on Thursday, June 10, saving 439 immigrants of African and Asian nationalities,
The Libyan Interior Minister, Khalid Mazen, said there are about 700.000 illegal immigrants in Libya, adding in a meeting with the British Defense Secretary, Ben Wallac
The Interior Minister, Khaled Mazen, stressed that illegal immigration is an enormous file, adding that the burdens which come with it must be shared, as the matter of immigratio
Libyan Coast Guard has rescued around 9,216 immigrants at sea this year, Libya's Interior Minister Khaled Mazen said on Monday during his meeting with the EU Commission
The Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity (GNU), Abdel Hamid Dbeibah, stressed that Libya, being a transit country, is incapable to stop the migration crisis on its
The Security Directorate in Zuwara reported that it had seized a workshop used for the manufacture of wooden boats for the smuggling of illegal immigrants.
The Libyan navy announced on June 2, the rescue of 78 illegal immigrants of African nationalities who were onboard a rubber dinghy that broke down while attempting to make their
UNICEF has expressed its deep sadness over the drowning of three children between the ages of six months and three years off the coast of Zuwara, west of the capital Tr
The Libyan Human Rights Solidarity organization said the statement of the Foreign Ministry on an agreement with the European Union (EU) to curb the influx of illegal im
Foreign Minister Najla Al-Manqoush, has agreed with the Italian and Maltese foreign ministers, as well as the European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy Oliver Farre
The Commissioner for Home Affairs of the European Union (EU), Ylva Johansson, said that the EU is working hard to resume negotiations with Libya on migration amid an al
Libyan Navy personnel rescued Saturday 261 illegal immigrants from different African countries off the coast as they were making the perilous journey to European shores
The spokeswoman for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Libya, Safa Msehli, said that the Libyan Coast Guard had intercepted more than 680 migrants of
The Libyan Coast Guard, on Thursday, managed to rescue 99 migrants of various African nationalities who were heading towards Europe on board a rubber dinghy.
The Interior Minister of the Government of National Unity (GNU), Khaled Mazen, has said that Libya has been engaged in major battles in combating human smuggling networks, to red
The Secretary-General of the Italian Democratic Party, Enrico Letta, has said that the disembarkation of migrants is a huge problem that should be managed.
Italian newspaper, La Repubblica, said Italy was working with the European Union (EU) on a deal to pay money to Libya to stop immigrants' boats from leaving Libyan shor
The Tripoli branch of the Libyan Red Crescent Society announced that it had recovered four drowned bodies of migrants, including those of a woman and a child, off the c
The Libyan coastguards rescued 291 illegal immigrants of different nationalities as they were making a perilous journey to Europe on a dinghy off Al-Zawiya shores after
The United National High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said that the Libyan Coast Guard has rescued more than 6,060 refugees and migrants from the beginning of the year, up u
The Libyan Foreign Minister, Najla Al-Mangoush, has called on neighboring countries to urgently set up mechanisms on the regional level to fight smuggling, human traffi
The Libyan Coast Guard rescued 108 immigrants of varying nationalities on Wednesday, whilst they attempted to reach European shores on a rubber dinghy.
The Maltese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Evarist Bartolo, has warned that Libya, independently, is incapable of dealing with the vast number of migrant shipwrecks, foll
The National Committee for Human Rights in Libya (NCHRL) called on the Libyan authorities to shoulder their legal and humanitarian responsibilities towards combating hu