Libya’s Tripoli-based Islamist government has called on the Tunisian authorities to coordinate with it on securing the countries’ mutual borders, Turkey’s Anadolu news agencyreported.
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Tunisia to build border wall with Libya
Tunisia has reportedly started building a physical wall to separate it from Libya, its conflict-ridden neighbour to the east.
Migrants bound for Europe create crisis in Libya’s southern deserts
In a hospital trauma ward in downtown Sebha, a decrepit city that’s a major migrant-smuggling hub in southern Libya, a man from Niger lay in a stupor, suffering from multiple fractures and a gangrened limb. He’d been here a week, since he was rescued from the Sahara after the vehicle …
Libyans ‘warned us with bombs’ says Tuna-1 officer
A captain who was onboard the Turkish cargo ship attacked off the Libyan coast on Sunday has said the only warning they received from the authorities was “with bombs.”
Libyans 'warned us with bombs' says Tuna-1 officer
A captain who was onboard the Turkish cargo ship attacked off the Libyan coast on Sunday has said the only warning they received from the authorities was “with bombs.”
Young African Migrants Caught in Trafficking Machine
ZAWIYAH, Libya — The no-money-down offer was too tempting for the children to resist. Smugglers had offered the boys and girls transportation out of the refugee camps along the Eritrean border, across the African deserts and the Mediterranean Sea, to a new life in Europe. There, they could quickly win …
83 illegal immigrants arrested trying to enter Libya
Western Desert border guards arrested 83 Egyptians attempting to illegally cross into Libya through the Salloum border port, state media reported.
Perceptions of Security in Libya Institutional and Revolutionary Actors
Three years after the fall of Muammar Gadhafi and his regime, Libya is again on the brink of civil war. Various circumstances underlie this predicament—mistrust between regions, political power struggles, and sporadic and uncoordinated security and justice sector reforms. So that better understanding of the security needs of Libyan citizens …
Arrests at Sallum border continue over ‘illegal immigration’ to Libya
Sallum crossing authorities arrested 150 persons for attempted illegal immigration amid tight measures taken at the country’s borders, Youm7 reported Monday.
Libya: The gateway to a better life in Europe
Most of the migrants risking their lives on the Mediterranean begin their journey in Libya.