The German NGO Sea Watch rescued around 100 migrants off of Libya on Wednesday, saying the Libyan coastguard would have turned them back to shore if the humanitarian group had not intervened.

Malta has signed an agreement with Libya to set up coordination centres in Tripoli and Valletta to help support efforts to combat “illegal immigration“.

The 30 migrants killed by traffickers in Libya on Wednesday were abducted while crossing the country and then tortured to extract a ransom, Bangladesh’s foreign ministry has said, citing a survivor.

Libya signed a memorandum of understanding with Malta on Thursday for combating illegal migration and consolidating bilateral relations.

The family of a Libyan smuggler killed by migrants have taken revenge by killing 26 Bangladeshis and four Africans, the country’s UN-recognised government said Thursday.

Libya’s coastguard intercepted about 400 Europe-bound migrants off the country’s Mediterranean coast over the past two days, and brought them to detention centres near the capital Tripoli.

Survivor reveals further evidence to Guardian and La Repubblica of Malta’s deadly strategy to intercept migrants crossings.

Italy and Malta have found a clever new excuse to skirt their responsibility to protect asylum seekers.

A Spokesman for the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Jeremy Lawrence, said on Tuesday that the authorities in eastern Libya expelled 1,400 migrants and refugees this year alone, in violation of international law, according to Reuters news agency.

At least five migrants have died and seven others went missing when the coast guard returned scores of migrants to Tripoli, the UN migration agency (IOM) said.