Europe has been accused by a senior international official of acquiescence over the plight of thousands of migrants in Libya held in arbitrary detention in “deplorable conditions”.
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UN adviser says Libyan joint committee reached consensus on 137 articles of draft constitution
The United Nations’ secretary general’s special adviser on Libya, Stephanie Williams, said on Friday that the Joint Committee between the Libyan House of Representatives and the High Council of State on Constitutional Track has reached “an initial consensus” on 137 articles of a draft constitution.
Read More »IOM says boat capsizes off Libya, 35 presumed dead or missing
At least 35 people are presumed dead after a boat capsized off the Libyan coast, the United Nations migration agency said on Saturday.
Read More »Libya: Four dead, 14 missing as migrant boat capsizes
The United Nations migration agency on Monday announced that a wooden boat carrying 20 migrants had capsized near Libya, with four confirmed dead and over a dozen more missing.
Read More »Libya Red Crescent official freed after 10-month abduction
A Libyan Red Crescent official abducted 10 months ago was released on Saturday, the military prosecution said.
Read More »Seventy migrants feared dead off Libya: IOM
Around 70 migrants are presumed dead after going missing off the Libyan coast since late February, the International Organization for Migration said Thursday.
Read More »IOM Libya IDP and Returnee Report Round 40
On 11 March, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) published its IOM Libya IDP and Returnee Report Round 40 . This IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) report presents the data and findings on IDPs and returnees between December 2021 – January 2022. Consistent with the trend observed throughout 2021, in …
Read More »IOM: 632 migrants rescued at sea and returned to Libya within a week
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has said that from February 13 to 19, 632 migrants were intercepted in the Mediterranean and returned to Libya.
Read More »IOM condemns opening fire on immigrants in Libya
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has condemned the “excessive use of force” by Libyan Stabilization Support Apparatus that caused the death of one immigrant and injury of others in a sea interception operation last Friday.
Read More »Italy to hold Libya meeting in Munich on Saturday
Italy has requested that Western top diplomats discuss the situation in Libya on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Munich on Saturday, Italian news agency Nova reports.
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