UNHCR plans to evacuate 8,000 refugees in 2018
Dec 19 Michel Cousins

UNHCR plans to evacuate 8,000 refugees in 2018

By Moutaz Ali.Tripoli, 19 December 2017:The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said today it plans to evacuate between 5,000 and 8,000 refugees in Libya next y...

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UNHCR calls for urgent evacuation of 1,300 vulnerable refugees stuck in Libya
Dec 11 Michel Cousins

UNHCR calls for urgent evacuation of 1,300 vulnerable refugees stuck in Libya

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 11 December 2017:The UN’s refugee agency, UNHCR, has urgently appealed for 1,300 “highly vulnerable” refugees stranded...

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Joint Libyan-Italian migrant operations centre to be established
Dec 9 Michel Cousins

Joint Libyan-Italian migrant operations centre to be established

By Jamie Prentis. Serraj and Minniti (Photo: PC media office)Tunis, 9 December 2017:Libya and Italy have agreed to set up a joint operations centre to...

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Italian PM meets Salamé in Tunis, reaffirms support of his action plan
Nov 26 Michel Cousins

Italian PM meets Salamé in Tunis, reaffirms support of his action plan

By Vanessa Tomassini.Milan, 26 November 2017:Italian premier Paolo Gentiloni told UN special envoy Ghassan Salamé that his government fully backs his...

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Muscat tells UN secretary-general Malta understands Libya
Sep 23 Nigel Ash

Muscat tells UN secretary-general Malta understands Libya

By Libya Herald reporters.Tunis, 23 September 2017:Malta is one of the European countries that most understands Libya, its prime minister Jospeh Musca...

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UN Secretary-General says Libya has an historic opportunity
Sep 20 Nigel Ash

UN Secretary-General says Libya has an historic opportunity

By Zeinab Mohammed Salih.New York, 20 September 2017:Libya faces an historic opportunity for a political solution said UN Secretary-General Antonio Gu...

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Sep 20 Nigel Ash

PC invites Italian charities to work in migrant detention camps

By Libya Herald reporters. GNA foreign minister Mohamed Siala (File photo)Tunis, 20 September 2017:Libya will allow Italian charities to operate in mi...

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Italian envoy lauds Sabratha mayor's action on migrant smugglers
Sep 10 Nigel Ash

Italian envoy lauds Sabratha mayor's action on migrant smugglers

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 10 September 2017:Increased security has cut back migrant smuggling, Italian ambassador Giuseppe Perrone said today...

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Supreme court overturns lower court ban on Libya-Italy migrant deal as Italian interior minister discusses issue with Fezzan mayors
Aug 26 Michel Cousins

Supreme court overturns lower court ban on Libya-Italy migrant deal as Italian interior minister discusses issue with Fezzan mayors

By Libya Herald staff.Tunis, 26 August 2017:The Supreme Court has reportedly overturned a ruling by a Tripoli court that theoretically blocked any neg...

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Aug 26 Michel Cousins

Italy gives first-aid kits for returned migrants

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 27 August 2017:Ten thousand hygiene and first-aid kits for the needs of returned migrants have been given to the coast...

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