Mar 8 Michel Cousins

Italy looks to Niger for deal on Libya migration

By Alessandra Bocchi. Tunis, 8 March 2017:The Italian government is looking to seal a deal with Niger that it hopes will dramatically cut back migrati...

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Mar 1 Michel Cousins

Dayri attacks call by EU parliament president for new migrant camps in Libya

By Libya Herald reporter. Interim government foreign minister Mohamed Dayri (File photo)Tunis, 1 March 2017:The foreign minister in the Beida-based in...

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Feb 27 Nigel Ash

Italian intelligence doing "a great job" in Libya says PM Gentiloni

By Libya Herald reporters.  Italian premier Paolo Gentiloni (file photo)Tripoli, 27 February 2017:Italy is gathering good information on Libyan people...

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Migrants suffocate locked in a shipping container
Feb 23 Nigel Ash

Migrants suffocate locked in a shipping container

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 23 February 2017:The migrant carnage continues. Today a shipping container was found to contain 83 people whom peop...

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Feb 10 Michel Cousins

EU and Italy migration deal with Libya draws sharp criticism from Libyan NGOs

By Alessandra Bocchi.Tunis, 10 February 2017:Twelve Libyan non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have issued a joint statement criticising the EU’s la...

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Tunisia and Italy sign deal on illegal migration, agree to support Libya
Feb 9 Michel Cousins

Tunisia and Italy sign deal on illegal migration, agree to support Libya

By Alessandra Bocchi. Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui (left) and Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano sign agreement on illegal migran...

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EU sets out €200-million plan to combat illegal Mediterranean migration from Libya
Feb 3 Michel Cousins

EU sets out €200-million plan to combat illegal Mediterranean migration from Libya

By Jamie Prentis.Tunis, 3 February 2017:EU leaders have approved a deal to step up training, the supply of equipment and other support for the Libyan...

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Libya needs more EU money to stem migrant flow says Serraj
Feb 2 Nigel Ash

Libya needs more EU money to stem migrant flow says Serraj

By Jamie Prentis.Tunis, 2 February 2017:The EU needs to give Libya more money if it wants to stop the flow of migrants trying to reach Europe by cross...

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Jan 29 Michel Cousins

German and Nigerian officials claim migrants being executed in Libya

By Alesssandra Bocchi.Tunis, 29 January 2017:Allegations of sub-Saharan migrants being killed, tortured, raped or otherwise abused in Libya have been...

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Jan 19 Nigel Ash

Somali held in Milan on charges of murder and rape of migrants in Bani Walid

By Alessandra Bocchi. Tunis, 19 January 2017:A Somali once in charge a migrant camp in Bani Walid, has been arrested in Milan on suspicion of murder,...

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