AA witnesses tragedy of migrants in Libya
AA correspondent sheds light on the difficult journey of undocumented migrants from Libya to Europe via Italy. By Assed Baig TRIPOLI (AA) – Anadolu Agency (AA) correspondent investigates into migration and smuggling in Libya by traveling 640 km south of the capital Tripoli to Sabha, the largest city in the south. Migrants from across Africa […]
Trafficking on human misery: encountering plight of undoc’d migrants fleeing Libya
AA commissions investigation into how Libyan smugglers transport undocumented migrants from the restive N.African state into Europe, via Italy. LONDON Anadolu Agency recently commissioned an investigation into how Libyan smugglers transport undocumented migrants from the restive North African state into Europe, via Italy. Our correspondent Assed Baig posed as a migrant trying to reach the Italian island of Lampedusa in […]
A look into the lives of undocumented migrants in Libya
Anadolu Agency investigates undocumented migrants in Libya TRIPOLI Before the uprising that ousted Libya’s long-time strongman Muammar Qaddafi, there were about one million black Africans living and working in Libya. However, during the conflict the situation deteriorated and forced many to flee the country. At the time international media outlets and human rights organisations reported cases of human […]
Undocumented migrants face tough time inside Libya’s detention system
TRIPOLI Since the fall of Gadhafi, African migrants mainly from Chad, Niger and Mali have been flocking to Libya hoping to get work or a boat to Italy. AA reporter Assed Baig goes to detention centres in Tripoli to meet some of them. Armed men guard the entrance of the zoo in Tripoli, some are […]