...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...by sea every year, often falling into the hands of trafficking gangs that extort them for money.
An official with Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
's government agency against clandestine migration said 120 Nigeriens had left Libya for Niamey in coordination with the UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM).
And in coordination with Libya's eastern-based authorities, 128
After the fall of Moamer Qadaffy in 2011, Libya was divided between rival authorities based in the east and the west.
The North African country has became a hub for tens of thousands of
Moussa al-Koni, vice president of the Libyan presidential council, told a news conference: "We have all paid a big price because of these groups that try to profit not only off nationals of Niger and Chad, but also of more distant countries in Africa and Asia, by smuggling them into Europe."
To tackle these "criminal networks of traffickers" in Libya, Chad and Niger, cooperation is needed between "the countries of departure or transit and the destination countries", Koni said.
"This is a collective effort that would let this people stay in their countries and live there in dignity."
According to IOM figures, more than 700,000
Libyan Interior Minister Imed Trabelsi on Monday met in Tripoli with the IOM's regional representative Othman Belbeisi in a push to establish a mechanism that would facilitate the repatriation of irregular