LIBYA-MISURATA-FREE ZONE-COMPLETION

LIBYA-MISURATA-FREE ZONE-COMPLETION

(220626) -- MISURATA, June 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on June 25, 2022 shows a view of the Misurata Free Zone, some 250 km east of the capital Tripoli, Libya. Libya on Saturday celebrated the completion of the infrastructure works of the Misurata Free Zone. (Photo by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua)

LIBYA-MISURATA-FREE ZONE-COMPLETION

LIBYA-MISURATA-FREE ZONE-COMPLETION

(220626) -- MISURATA, June 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on June 25, 2022 shows a view of the Misurata Free Zone, some 250 km east of the capital Tripoli, Libya. Libya on Saturday celebrated the completion of the infrastructure works of the Misurata Free Zone. (Photo by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua)

LIBYA-MISURATA-FREE ZONE-COMPLETION

LIBYA-MISURATA-FREE ZONE-COMPLETION

(220626) -- MISURATA, June 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on June 25, 2022 shows a view of the Misurata Free Zone, some 250 km east of the capital Tripoli, Libya. Libya on Saturday celebrated the completion of the infrastructure works of the Misurata Free Zone. (Photo by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua)

LIBYA-MISURATA-FREE ZONE-COMPLETION

LIBYA-MISURATA-FREE ZONE-COMPLETION

(220626) -- MISURATA, June 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on June 25, 2022 shows a view of the Misurata Free Zone, some 250 km east of the capital Tripoli, Libya. Libya on Saturday celebrated the completion of the infrastructure works of the Misurata Free Zone. (Photo by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua)

Libya arrests 541 illegal migrants

STORY: Libya arrests 541 illegal migrants DATELINE: April 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:40 LOCATION: Tripoli CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of the migrantsSOUNDBITE (Arabic): ABDUSSALAM ALEWAN, Director of Tariq al-Matar reception center in Tripoli STORYLINE: Libyan authorities have arrested 541 illegal migrants in the city of Misurata, some 250 km east of the capital Tripoli, as they were attempting to cross the Mediterranean sea towards Europe. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): ABDUSSALAM ALEWAN, Director of Tariq al-Matar reception center in Tripoli "As part of the efforts to control illegal immigration, we coordinated with the Misurata Security Directorate in arresting a group of people attempting to illegally migrate through the sea from Misurata city. 541 illegal migrants were arrested at the shore as they were preparing to migrate to Europe and then taken to the Misurata Security Directorate, in coordination with the Illegal Immigration Control Department. They were taken by buses from Misurata to the Tar

LIBYA-TRIPOLI-IllEGAL MIGRANTS-ARREST

LIBYA-TRIPOLI-IllEGAL MIGRANTS-ARREST

(220425) -- TRIPOLI, April 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Migrants get off a bus at the Tariq al-Matar reception center, where they will receive humanitarian assistance before being deported to their home countries, in Tripoli, Libya, on April 24, 2022. Libyan authorities have arrested 541 illegal migrants in the city of Misurata, some 250 km east of the capital Tripoli, as they were attempting to cross the Mediterranean sea towards Europe. (Photo by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua)

LIBYA-TRIPOLI-IllEGAL MIGRANTS-ARREST

LIBYA-TRIPOLI-IllEGAL MIGRANTS-ARREST

(220425) -- TRIPOLI, April 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Migrants get off a bus at the Tariq al-Matar reception center, where they will receive humanitarian assistance before being deported to their home countries, in Tripoli, Libya, on April 24, 2022. Libyan authorities have arrested 541 illegal migrants in the city of Misurata, some 250 km east of the capital Tripoli, as they were attempting to cross the Mediterranean sea towards Europe. (Photo by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua)

130 Nigerian migrants voluntarily repatriated from Libya: official

STORY: 130 Nigerian migrants voluntarily repatriated from Libya: official DATELINE: March 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:23 LOCATION: Tripoli CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): HUSSAIN AL-AMIN, Head of the Deportation Section of the Illegal Migration Control Department of Misurata International Airport STORYLINE: About 130 illegal Nigerian immigrants, including women and children, were voluntarily repatriated from Libya on Tuesday, a local official said. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): HUSSAIN AL-AMIN, Head of the Deportation Section of the Illegal Migration Control Department of Misurata International Airport "The Deportation Section of the Illegal Migration Control Department has organized a flight to deport 130 illegal Nigerian migrants voluntarily to their country, including women and children." The repatriation was carried out as part of the Voluntary Humanitarian Return program of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Hussain al-Amin, head of the Deportation Section of the Illegal Immigrat