A Libyan driver and his mother have been arrested in the Sirte area of Libya for allegedly attempting to smuggle six ...

A migrant boat has capsized off the coast of Libya, leaving at least 15 Egyptians dead. Libyan officials report the boat was heading for Europe and capsized early Friday near Tobruk.

Lamloum and another local group, al-Abreen, which helps migrants in Libya, estimated that more than 6,000 migrants have been held at the border. Most of the migrants are Egyptians who were taken ...

CAIRO — A boat carrying dozens of migrants trying to reach Europe capsized off the coast of Libya, leaving more than 60 people dead, including women and children, the U.N. migration agency said.

FILE – Migrants gather in an area near the Libyan-Tunisia border, as Libyan security forces and Libyan Red Cross workers distribute food aid to them on Sunday, July 23, 2023.

Migrants returned to Libya are subject to arbitrary detention, extortion, torture and enforced disappearances by militias and human traffickers, in what a U.N. panel of experts said may amount to ...

CAIRO — Libyan authorities raided a secret prison in a southeastern city used by human traffickers and freed at last 156 African migrants, as the U.N. migration agency said Monday more than ...

Around 980 migrants were dead or presumed dead in 2020, the U.N. agency added. Libya has emerged as the dominant transit point for migrants fleeing war and poverty in Africa and the Middle East.

WASHINGTON – U.S. authorities informed some migrants of plans to deport them to Libya, a country they are not from and that has a history of human rights violations, attorneys said Wednesday.

The German migrant rescue charity NGO Sea-Eye helps people to get off an overloaded rubber boat spotted in international waters off the Libyan coast. FABIAN HEINZ/SEA-EYE.ORG / AFP - Getty Images ...