Italy’s deployment of Navy ships to assist Libyan authorities intercept migrant boats in Libyan waters could implicate Italy in human rights abuses against migrants subsequently detained in ...

The court found that Italy violated Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights [text, PDF] by exposing the migrants to the risk of ill-treatment in Libya and of repatriation to Somalia or ...

Al-Masri's arrest had posed a dilema for Italy, because it has close ties to the internationally recognized government in Tripoli as well as energy interests in the country.

The UN refugee agency said that in 2021, 32,400 refugees and migrants had made the crossing from Libya to Europe, more than twice as many as in 2020. View on euronews ...

This underscores Italy’s vested interests in Libya, particularly concerning migration control. Italy has long relied on the Libyan coast guard to manage migrant flows across the Mediterranean ...

The Italian government has been under fire from the ICC, human rights groups and opposition lawmakers ever since it freed al-Masri from prison on Jan. 21 and sent him back to Libya aboard an ...

Authorities in eastern Libya have refused entry to three European ministers and the EU commissioner for migration on alleged ...

A 7-year-old girl with cystic fibrosis recently became a symbol of Libya's healthcare crisis. Her family undertook an illicit ...

Libya's media environment is highly-polarised and virtually unregulated, reflecting the country's political instability. Satellite TV is a key news source and many outlets are based outside Libya.

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni recently participated in the Trans-Mediterranean Migration Forum in Tripoli organised by Libya ‘s UN-backed government of national unity. Representatives from 28 ...

Italy's justice minister has strongly defended the government's decision to free and repatriate a Libyan warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court.

Italian police arrested a Libyan warlord on a warrant from the International Criminal Court, but an Italian tribunal refused to approve the arrest and he was instead sent back to Libya, Italy's ...