A mass grave containing "at least 65 migrants' bodies" was discovered in southwest Libya this week, according to the UN migration agency.
A spokesman for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) told AFP the
mass grave was uncovered by Libyan security forces.
The IOM said it was "profoundly shocked and alarmed". It added that the
circumstances of the deaths "remains unknown".
"But it is believed that they died in the process of being smuggled through
the desert," the agency said in a statement.
Five Sudanese families who fled to Egypt and later moved to Libya in search of work and better living conditions
In December, 613 migrant men from Niger detained in Libya were deported back to their home country, according to a
Italian police have arrested the head of Libya's judicial police, Osama Najim, also known as Almasri, AFP reports
According to Turkey’s state-run media Anadolu Agency, Mohammed al-Huwayj, Libya’s Economy and Trade Minister has said Turkey is
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