Fears are growing for hundreds of civilians who are trapped in a Benghazi neighbourhood which faces intensified fighting after several months under military blockade, Amnesty International said today.

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has said that Libya is a major country for immigration to Europe from North Africa. According to the organisation, some 77,000 people reached Europe through Libya during the first seven months of 2016, including more than 7,000 unaccompanied children.

The European Union is taking steps to beef up its struggling efforts against human smuggling and trafficking from Libya, but until the country is politically stable, the changes aren’t likely to be sufficient. Summary⎙ Print The EU’s Operation Sophia has so far failed to stop the smuggling of people from …

The European Union is taking steps to beef up its struggling efforts against human smuggling and trafficking from Libya, but until the country is politically stable, the changes aren’t likely to be sufficient.

The young Liberian man went through hell, but when he reached Libya he hoped that there he’d be able to make a living and get an education. Instead, he entered another hell of imprisonment, then near death at sea.

Amnesty International has announced that the EU policy to help Libya deal with refugees is in fact, harmful. According to Amnesty International, the new EU policy to help work more closely with the Libyan government in matters concerning migrants, is leaving thousands at risk of torture.

China is to provide $6 million for humanitarian aid purposes, according to the Presidency Council. The aid will be at the disposal of the Presidency which will decide what type of is required and where in Libya it should be distributed.

The Italian coast guards said they rescued more than 1800 migrants, since Tuesday, off Libyan coasts, two bodies were recovered, while other rescue missions continue, according to Agency France Press (AFP).

A number of activists from Benghazi have forwarded a humanitarian call through a statement they issued on Wednesday aiming at rescuing the city and its inhabitants from the war that has long been wrecking it, calling for quick rebuilding strategies after the two-year war.

Italy has responded to the call by the refugee agency, the UNHCR,  for emergency humanitarian aid for Libya’s estimated 2.4 million internal refugees. It has given $1.5 million for a range of specific targets chosen by the Rome government.