Jan 10 Sami Zaptia

Dinghy sinks off Libya, 50 immigrants dead

By Vanessa Tomassini.Illegal migrants continue to risk their lives in 2018 to get to Europe from Libya (File photo)Rome, 10 January 2018:The Mediterra...

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Jun 16 Michel Cousins

IOM says 200 migrants being held for ransom and tortured in Libyan detention centre

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 16 June 2017:The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has met with the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL)...

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Nearly 11,000 migrants repatriated from Libya and 3,165 Mediterranean fatalities: IOM
Aug 27 Sami Zaptia

Nearly 11,000 migrants repatriated from Libya and 3,165 Mediterranean fatalities: IOM

By Sami Zaptia.London, 27 August 2016:Nearly 11,000 migrants were repatriated from Libya and there were 3,165 migrant fatalities recorded in the Medit...

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Migration flows through Libya remain unchanged two years on: IOM
Jul 22 Sami Zaptia

Migration flows through Libya remain unchanged two years on: IOM

By Sami Zaptia.London, 22 July 2016:Migration flows through Africa and into Libya remain unchanged after two years, despite progress in monitoring and...

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Netherlands and IOM sign Euro 1.5 m agreement to build Libyan Coast Guard capacity
Jun 10 Sami Zaptia

Netherlands and IOM sign Euro 1.5 m agreement to build Libyan Coast Guard capacity

By Sami Zaptia.London, 10 June 2016:The Netherlands and IOM Libya have signed an 18-month project agreement aimed at enhancing the Libyan Coast Guard’...

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Despairing migrants flown home
Feb 28 Nigel Ash

Despairing migrants flown home

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 28 February 2016:When they are paid at all, migrant workers in Tripolitania are often being robbed of their savings...

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Feb 27 Newsdesk1

IOM evacuates 133 Senegalese from Libya with more to come

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 27 February 2015:The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has successfully organised the evacuation of 133 Se...

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Psychosocial Support course finishes at Tripoli University
May 16 Michel Cousins

Psychosocial Support course finishes at Tripoli University

Tripoli, 16 May 2105:An eight-month course enabling healthcare, education and social specialists to better understand the requirements of those suffer...

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