The United Nations has called on Libyan authorities to respect the human rights and dignity of all people, including migrants and asylum-seekers, voicing serious concern over the use of excessive force against migrants and asylum seekers in Tripoli. According to press reports, one migrant was killed and at least 15 others injured, six seriously, when […]
Libya’s UN ambassador, Taher El-Sonni, has voiced deep frustration over the continued absence of a concrete UN-led political roadmap for his country, highlighting what he called an unsustainable delay in efforts to resolve Libya’s political impasse. Speaking at a UN Security Council meeting on Tuesday, June 24, following a briefing by Hanna Tetteh, the Secretary-General’s […]
In yet a new violation of the UN Geneva Convention, Algerian authorities have proceeded to the indiscriminate extraditing of 10,000 sub-Saharans in need of international protection. The figure was “proudly” announced by Algeria’s Interior Ministry Noureddine Bedoui in line with the wave of anti-migrant populism expressed by senior political figures in the country, venting the […]
