The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Monday said a total of 20,842 were rescued and returned to Libya so far in 2022.
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Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Ahmad Khan is seeking a number of arrest warrants against Libyan nationals over war crimes, crimes against migrants and crimes against human rights.
The Libyan Anti-illegal Migration Department deported Thursday more than 200 undocumented migrants to their countries of origin.
European interior ministers welcomed Friday an EU plan to better coordinate the handling of migrant arrivals, after a furious argument over a refugee rescue boat erupted between Italy and France, AFP reported.
Greek authorities say a dilapidated fishing boat crammed with migrants that was towed to port after losing steering in rough seas south of Crete was carrying a total of 483 people who had sailed from Libya.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said 235 migrants were intercepted and returned to Libya in the period of 13 -19 November 2022.
Benghazi Security Directorate managed to seize a human smuggling network to Italy that includes suspects of Libyan, Sudanese and Bangladeshi nationalities.
The Bangladeshi security services have arrested a member of an international human trafficking gang for his involvement in the killing of 26 Bangladeshis in Libya in 2020.
International Organization for Migration IOM met Thursday with a delegation from the Gambian and the Libyan offices of Migrants Forum in Asia (MFA) to discuss collaboration on migrants protection, according to IOM.
As a standoff between a humanitarian migrant rescue ship and the Italian government continues into its fourth day, a leading Italian bishop has criticized the “selective” process of allowing some migrants to disembark, while turning others away.