EU extends anti-trafficking naval Operation Sophia, plans training for Libyan Coast Guard
May 13 Michel Cousins

EU extends anti-trafficking naval Operation Sophia, plans training for Libyan Coast Guard

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 13 May 2016:The EU has extended the Mediterranean naval anti-human trafficking Operation Sophia for another year but i...

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Apr 27 Nigel Ash

UPDATE: Seventeen murdered in Bani Walid migrant row

By Ajnadin Mustafa and Moutaz Ali. Bani Walid (File Photo)Tripoli, 27 April 2016:Three alleged Libyan people smugglers, 14 Egyptians and two Syrians h...

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Mar 27 Nigel Ash

Coastguard nabs 600 migrants off the Sabrathan coast

By Libya Herald reporters. Coastguard catches 600 migrants at sea (File photo)Tripoli, 27 March 2016:The Coastguard today reported that it had picked...

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Mar 25 Nigel Ash

More dead migrants washed back to Libya

By Libya Herald reporters. Imported rubber rafts and dubious outboards take migrants out to sea (File photo) Tripoli, 25 March 2016:After a French min...

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EU migrant patrols should work in Libyan waters: UK PM
Mar 18 Nigel Ash

EU migrant patrols should work in Libyan waters: UK PM

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 18 March 2016:UK prime minister David Cameron’s has proposed that EU warships should operate against people-smuggle...

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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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Italians rescue over 700 migrants and find four bodies
Feb 23 Nigel Ash

Italians rescue over 700 migrants and find four bodies

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 23 February 2016:The country may be convulsed with fighting against terrorists but for Libya’s people- traffickers,...

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Iran's president Rouhani backs new Libyan government
Jan 26 Nigel Ash

Iran's president Rouhani backs new Libyan government

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli. 26 January 2016:Iranian president Hassan Rouhani on a visit to Italy has said that without a government, Libya will...

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Bangladeshi embassy warns that foreigners are being targeted
Jan 15 Nigel Ash

Bangladeshi embassy warns that foreigners are being targeted

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 15 January 2016:The Bangladeshi embassy in Tripoli has warned its citizens that foreigners were being targeted in t...

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Oct 9 Nigel Ash

UN Security Council clears EU naval action against people-smugglers

By Libya Herald reporters. A typical rickety over-crowded migrant boat (File photo)Tripoli, 9 October 2015:As widely expected, the UN Security Council...

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