Libya Ouest-France, ’After the Ocean Viking, a German rescue ship also targeted by a Libyan patrol boat,’ 27 September 2025 InfoMigrants, ’Sea—Libyan ’ ’militia’ open fire on rescue vessel,’ 29 September 2025
On the night of 25 to 26 September, the civilian vessel Sea-Watch 5 came under fire from the so-called Libyan ’coast guard’ after rescuing 66 people in the Mediterranean. Sea-Watch points out that the patrol boat used by the Libyan forces was supplied to them by the European (…)

Libya The North Africa Post, “Libya Deports Hundreds of Sudanese Migrants Amid Crackdown on Trafficking Routes”, 21 July 2025 The North Africa Post, “Libya intercepts over 100 migrants, recovers bodies”, 8 July 2025
The authorities of the Government of National Stability (GNS) in eastern Libya (Benghazi) have announced that they have deported 700 Sudanese migrants by land to Sudan. This flagrant violation of their rights exposes them to the conflict that has been ongoing in the country (…)

Libya Le Monde, ’La Libye redevient le premier pays de départ pour les migrants qui cherchent à rallier l’Europe’,11 June 2025 The North Africa Post, ’Dozen feared dead in Libyan shipwrecks as migrant death toll rises in Mediterranean’, 20 June 2025
The central Mediterranean route, once abandoned by people on the move after its closing down, coordinated by the Italian authoritiesand implemented by Tunis and Tripoli, is once again becoming one of the main routes for arriving in Europe: (…)

Libya InfoMigrants, ’Libye : plus de 300 Subsahariens bénéficient d’un retour volontaire vers le Tchad et le Mali depuis la ville de Sebha’, 30 May 2025
The IOM organised two ’voluntary return’ flights from the town of Sebha in Libya on 26 and 28 May 2025 to Mali and Chad, sending more than 300 Malians and Chadians back to their countries of origin. According to the Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this was the first time a flight of this type had left Sebha for 15 years. However, the (…)

Algeria TV5 Monde, ’Algérie : plus de 1800 migrants expulsés à la frontière avec le Niger’, 25 April 2025
The Algerian authorities have returned more than 1,800 people on the move without right of residence to the border town of Assamaka (Niger), bringing to 4,000 the number of people pushed back during the month of April. However, these figures only take into account people registered on the Niger side: they could therefore be higher if they included people pushed back who immediately (…)