UN Human Rights chief blasts EU's Libyan migrant deal
Nov 14 Nigel Ash

UN Human Rights chief blasts EU's Libyan migrant deal

By Libya Herald reporters.Tunis, 14 November 2017:The EU’s support for Libyan Coastguard anti-migrant patrols is “inhuman”, the UN High Commissioner f...

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Sep 25 Michel Cousins

Khalifa Haftar leaves for Rome visit

By Vanessa Tomassini. Hafter with Italian interior minister Marco Minniti in Benghazi earlier this month (Photo: LNA media office)Milan, 25 September...

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Sep 16 Nigel Ash

More than a thousand migrants caught by the coastguard

By Libya Herald reporters. A flimsy rubber raft packed with migrants (File photo: MSF)Tripoli, 16 September 2017:The Libyan Coastguard today said it h...

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Aug 10 Nigel Ash

EU must not stop migrants from Libya says Oxfam

By Gabriel Harrison. Migrants being rescued by a British warship (Photo:Royal Navy)Tunis, 10 August 2017:Italy and other EU member states should not p...

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Serraj denies inviting Italian warships into Libyan waters
Jul 27 Nigel Ash

Serraj denies inviting Italian warships into Libyan waters

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 27 July 2017:Presidency Council (PC) head Faiez Serraj has denied that he has invited Italian warships to enter Lib...

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Jul 11 Nigel Ash

Vast majority of migrants is “economic” says UN

By Jamie Prentis. Most migrants are young men seeking a better life (File photo)Tunis, 11 July 2017:Around 80 percent of migrants transiting through L...

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Forty-eight Egyptian illegal workers die crossing into Libya
Jul 8 Nigel Ash

Forty-eight Egyptian illegal workers die crossing into Libya

By Libya Herald reporters.Benghazi, 8 July 2017:At least 48 Egyptians have perished in high temperatures after it appears they tried to bypass a secur...

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Jun 5 Michel Cousins

Seven migrants suffocate in locked van; IOM says third of million migrants in Libya but notes decline in IDPs

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 5 June 2017:At least seven African migrants suffocated to death in a parked van near to Garabulli, east of Tripoli, im...

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Libya-bound migrants die of thirst in Niger desert
Jun 1 Nigel Ash

Libya-bound migrants die of thirst in Niger desert

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli and Tunis, 1 June 2017:At least 44 migrants, including babies, en route to Libya through Niger died of thirst in the...

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May 18 Michel Cousins

Coastguard rescues over 500 off Sabratha and Garabulli

By Libya Herald reporter. Tripoli, 18 May 2017:Over 500 migrants whose boats were in difficulty were rescued this morning in two separate operations b...

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