May 6 Michel Cousins

Coast guards arrest 580 illegal migrants about to leave Libya

By Libya Herald staff.Refugee boat Tripoli, 6 May 2015:Libyan coast guards were today reported to have detained 580 migrants about to board a boat to...

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Apr 22 Newsdesk2

Tripoli authorities offer cooperation with EU to curb migrant boat crossings

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 22 April 2015:In a bid to build bridges with the EU, the Tripoli-based "National Salvation Government" says it will coo...

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Aug 31 Newsdesk2

Tunisian Coastguard finds 42 bodies from Libyan wreck

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 31 August 2014:The Tunisian Coastguard has recovered 42 bodies from the shoreline and the waters near Ben Guerdane over...

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Oct 29 Nigel Ash

Desert search goes on as three Egyptian illegals found, two of them dead

By Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli, 29 October 2013:One suspected Egyptian illegal migrant was rescued and two more were found dead, as the search continued for...

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Libya and Malta vow clampdown on people-smugglers
Oct 13 Nigel Ash

Libya and Malta vow clampdown on people-smugglers

By Ahmed Elumami.Tripoli, 13 October 2013:A clampdown on people-smugglers from Libya was at the centre of talks today between the  Libyan and Maltese...

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Latest doomed migrant boat was from Zuara
Oct 12 Michel Cousins

Latest doomed migrant boat was from Zuara

By Hadi Fornji. Migrants being rescued after their boat sank in Maltese waters (Photo: Armed Forces of Malta)Tripoli, 12 October 2013:It has emerged t...

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Sep 11 Michel Cousins

Egyptian security forces arrest 23 fleeing to Libya

By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab.Tripoli, 11 September 2013:Twenty-three Egyptians were arrested yesterday by police from Salloum trying to cross the border unde...

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Dec 29 tomlittle

Twenty Somalis killed in accident on Khoms-Zliten road

Tripoli, 29 December 2012:Twenty Somali migrants were killed early this morning and another 55 injured as they were being smuggled from Ajdabiya into...

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Aug 4 Michel Cousins

Five killed in Mizdah clashes

By Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli, 4 August:Families have have leaving Mizdah after an attack on a military base in the town on Friday which left five people de...

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May 23 Michel Cousins

Syrian illegal immigrants caught

Benghazi, 23 May:The Investigation Department of the Supreme Security Committee announced yesterday that it had arrested and detained eight Syrian and...

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