IOM reports 928,839 migrants identified across Libya in 2025
Jan 14 Sami Zaptia

IOM reports 928,839 migrants identified across Libya in 2025

There were 928,839 migrants identified in Libya by the IOM Libya’s DTM Round 59 covering August to October 2025. These migrants were across 663 assess...

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22,509 migrants intercepted at sea and returned to Libya so far in 2025 – already more than the 21,762 intercepted for all of 2024
Oct 29 Sami Zaptia

22,509 migrants intercepted at sea and returned to Libya so far in 2025 – already more than the 21,762 intercepted for all of 2024

The IOM reported yesterday in its ‘‘Libya Weekly Maritime Update’’ that, from 19 to 25 October 2025, 1,273 migrants were intercepted and returned to L...

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IOM identifies 894,890 migrants in Libya from 45 nationalities in May-July 2025 reporting period – 18 percent up on 2024
Oct 10 Sami Zaptia

IOM identifies 894,890 migrants in Libya from 45 nationalities in May-July 2025 reporting period – 18 percent up on 2024

IOM’s latest Libya Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) programme identified a total of 894,890 migrants from 45 nationalities across the 100 Libyan mun...

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12,338 migrants intercepted at sea and returned to Libya up to 12 July: IOM
Jul 17 Sami Zaptia

12,338 migrants intercepted at sea and returned to Libya up to 12 July: IOM

In its Libya Weekly Central Mediterranean Update published last Monday 14 July, the UN’s IOM reported that, up to 12 July, a total of 12,338 migrants...

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IOM and Ministry of Labour co-host roundtable on Labour Migration Governance
Nov 17 Sami Zaptia

IOM and Ministry of Labour co-host roundtable on Labour Migration Governance

IOM Libya reported on Thursday that together with the Tripoli based Libyan Ministry of Labour and Rehabilitation, it co-hosted a roundtable, bringing...

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Workshop on Cross-Border Cooperation and Capacity Enhancement at Crossing Points launched in Tunisia by IOM
Nov 11 Sami Zaptia

Workshop on Cross-Border Cooperation and Capacity Enhancement at Crossing Points launched in Tunisia by IOM

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 11 November 2021:A workshop was launched on Tuesday in Tunisia on cross-border cooperation and capacity enhancement at Libyan...

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Sep 24 Sami Zaptia

Migrants in Libya decreased by 7 percent since March: IOM

By Sami Zaptia.(IOM).London, 24 September 2020: The number of migrants in Libya has been decreasing since March this year, the International Organizat...

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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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Migrant detention centres get human rights training from IOM
Apr 25 Michel Cousins

Migrant detention centres get human rights training from IOM

By Jamie Prentis.Tunis, 25 April 2017:For the first time in three years, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has held training sessions...

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IOM Learns of 'Slave Market' Conditions Endangering Migrants in North Africa
Apr 11 Nigel Ash

IOM Learns of 'Slave Market' Conditions Endangering Migrants in North Africa

Tunis, 11 April 2017:The following report is from the UN's International Organisation for Migration. Over the past weekend, IOM staff in Niger and Lib...

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