Number of migrants in Libya’s detention centres doubles

The UN migration agency has reported that the number of migrants in Libya’s overcrowded detention centres has almost doubled over ...
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Lone survivor found floating alongside two corpses off the Libyan coast

A lone survivor of a boat wreck was found floating alongside the bodies of a woman and young boy 150 kilometres off the Libyan...
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Italy renews friendship pact with Libya to block migrants

Italy and Libya agreed on 7 July to reactivate a 2008 friendship treaty, which allowed migrants to be returned to Libyan...
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At least 100 migrants missing off the coast of Libya

The bodies of three babies were recovered while around 100 people are feared dead after a migrant boat sank off the coast of...
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Italy’s Salvini visits Libya to talk about blocking migrants

Matteo Salvini, the Italian interior minister, has called for migrant reception centres to be set up on the southern borders of...
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Reintegrating returning migrants in Sudan

The International Organization for Migration (IOM), the UN migration agency, has reported helping 615 Sudanese migrants return...
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Nearly a thousand migrants returned to Libya by coastguard

Nearly a thousand migrants were rescued on 24 June by the Libyan coastguard, ten bodies were also recovered from the sea, AFP...
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Libya to allow IOM access to migrants to fast track repatriation

Libyan authorities have agreed, in principle, to allow the International Organization of Migration (IOM) access to take care of...
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Fifteen hundred Nigerians in Italian prisons

The Italian Ambassador to Nigeria, Stefano Pontesilli, revealed that approximately 1,500 Nigerians who “have not behaved well” are...
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