Dec 13 tomlittle

Sabratha seeks support for struggling Syrians

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab.Tripoli, 13 December:The Sabratha branch of the Libyan Red Crescent kicked off a relief campaign for Syrian refugees on Tuesday...

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Dec 12 Michel Cousins

Opinion: Libyan-Tunisian Relations — people-to-people relationships versus state-planned solidarity

By Habib M. Sayah.Tunis, 12 December:Last month, when General National Congress President Mohamed Magarief announced that Libya had granted Tunisia a...

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More Syrian refugees flee to Libya
Dec 6 thomwestcott

More Syrian refugees flee to Libya

Tripoli, 6 December:The number of Syrian refugees seeking sanctuary in Libya last month shot up to over 1,300 people, according to figures released by...

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Dec 3 Michel Cousins

Refugee workshop organised for Libyan government officials

Tripoli, 3 December:The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is running a two-day workshop in Tripoli’s Rixos Hotel on refugee policies and l...

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Nov 25 Michel Cousins

UN team investigates development and illegal immigration in the south

Tripoli, 25 November:A United Nations mission led by the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General, Georg Charpentier, was in the south o...

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Plight of foreigners in Libya "worse than under Qaddafi" claims Amnesty International
Nov 13 George Grant

Plight of foreigners in Libya "worse than under Qaddafi" claims Amnesty International

By Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli, 13 November:Undocumented foreign nationals in Libya are at risk of exploitation, arbitrary and indefinite detention, as well...

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Libya still struggling to care for refugees
Sep 10 Nigel Ash

Libya still struggling to care for refugees

Tripoli, 10 September:Conditions remain unsatisfactory in detention centres but humanitarian organisations are providing internally displaced people w...

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Sep 2 Al Russell

Refugees to be given fresh start in Germany

Tripoli, 2 September:One hundred and ninety five refugees who fled Libya during last year’s revolution have been offered the chance to start a new lif...

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Aug 2 Michel Cousins

UNHCR attacks conditions in refugee camps

Tripoli, 2 August:The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has criticised conditions in camps in Libya for internally displaced perso...

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Jul 29 Michel Cousins

Italy-bound migrants rescued at sea

By Nihal ZarougTripoli, 29 July:Naval forces from Italy and Libya have been involved in two separate major rescue operations involving Somali illegal...

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