There are 700.000 illegal immigrants in Libya, 30.000 of whom are in detention centers across Libya, revealed Milad Al-Saadi; the media advisor of Libyan Anti-Illegal Immigration Authority (AIIA).
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36,000 children vulnerable in Libya
Anadolu reports that, some 36,000 child migrants in Libya are in need of assistance, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya said Monday.
Read More »Amnesty accuses EU of abetting migrant rights violations in Libya
European governments are “complicit” in grave human rights violations in Libya through their support for authorities there that often work with people smugglers and torture refugees and migrants, Amnesty International said on Tuesday.
Read More »UNHCR aims to secure 1300 resettlement locations for migrants to be evacuated from Libya
The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, launched Monday an urgent appeal calling for 1,300 resettlement places to be made available by the end of March 2018 for highly vulnerable refugees stranded in Libya.
Read More »Tawerghan protestors demand right to return home as Serraj meets deputy Tawergha council leader
Dozens of exiled Tawerghans demonstrated in Tripoli’s Falah district today protesting over their squalid living conditions and demanding the Presidency Council and the international community organise their return to their home town.
Read More »Germany offers support to Libya’s UN-backed government
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has pledged greater support for Libya’s UN-backed unity government and called for a closer cooperation in addressing the refugee crisis.
Read More »What Libya’s “slave auctions” tell us about the humanitarian system
In the wake of the CNN report on human auctions in Libya, there has rightly been a surge in concern for the thousands of Africans languishing in inhumane conditions in detention camps.
Read More »‘Slavery is an outrageous reality in Libya’
A group of UN human rights experts has strongly condemned Libya’s slave trade amid reports that hundreds of African refugees are being bought and sold in markets across the country every week.
Read More »How the EU is responsible for slavery in Libya
Migrants and refugees being sold into slavery in Libya is not really new information. In April 2017, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that along the North African migrant routes its staff discovered “slave markets” where hundreds of African young men are being tormented.
Read More »French President demands evacuation of migrants from Libya
French President Emmanuel Macron has said that African migrants trapped in Libya must be evacuated.
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