Now playing Next Libya Armed faction captures key Libyan port of Sabratha as concern for migrants grows
Now playing Next Libya Euroviews. View: Why Save the Children can't support sending refugees back to Libya "Would we rather stop our search and rescue operations completely, and risk people drowning, than return migrants and refugees back to Libya?" 18/08/2017
Now playing Next Libya Migrant rescue boat threatened by Libyan coastguard in international waters Libyan authorities contacted the crew of the Spanish NGO ship to say they would shoot them if they didn't follow orders. 16/08/2017
Now playing Next Libya NGOs pull out of Mediterranean migrant rescue operations Increasing hostilities from the Libyan authorities have led three aid groups to cease operations in the region. 15/08/2017
Now playing Next Libya Migrant prison in Libya acts as deterrent to would-be asylum seekers 08/08/2017
Now playing Next Europe News EU looks to Africa to curb migrant numbers As Europe continues to deal with the Mediterranean migrant crisis, EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini convened the Foreign Affairs council. 17/07/2017
Now playing Next Libya Dozens of migrants feared drowned off Libya Children and pregnant women are among up to 40 people missing after their rubber boat went down 08/07/2017
Now playing Next Libya Benghazi 'liberated' says Libyan commander Haftar The head of the self-styled Libyan National Army said the city will enter a new era of peace and security 06/07/2017
Now playing Next Libya Wanted Gaddafi son freed by militia captors in Libya Reports suggest the late Libyan leader's son, who is wanted for crimes against humanity and was said to be Gaddafi's chosen successor, has been freed under amnesty. 11/06/2017
Now playing Next Libya Libya's only female body-builder prepares for Belorussian international competition Fathia Al-Amamy is Libya's only female body-builder. She will represent her country in Belarus this summer in an international competition. 25/04/2017
Now playing Next no comment Rescuers jump into water to rescue migrants Migrants struggled to stay afloat in the Mediterranean during a rescue operation by the Malta-based Migrant Offshore Aid Station on Friday (April 14), as thousands were plucked from the sea in a singl 16/04/2017
Now playing Next Libya African slaves 'sold in Libyan car parks for $200' The United Nations’ migration agency says growing numbers of African migrants passing through Libya are being sold as slaves by traffickers or militia groups before being held for… 11/04/2017
Now playing Next Libya 16-year-old migrant survives sinking in which 146 are feared drowned The Italian Coastguard says more than 1,100 migrants have been picked up at sea in the last two days. One body has been recovered. 29/03/2017
Now playing Next Libya More than 200 migrants feared dead in Mediterranean More than 200 migrants are feared dead after their capsized boats sank off the coast of Libya. 24/03/2017
Now playing Next no comment Spanish NGO rescues 250 migrants at sea More than 200 African migrants were rescued off the Libyan coast on Saturday by Proactiva Open Arms, a Spanish NGO. 05/03/2017
Now playing Next Libya Bodies of at least 74 migrants found off Libya coast The bodies of 74 migrants are found by volunteers off the coast of northern Libya 21/02/2017
Now playing Next Libya Scores of migrants rescued off Libya It comes after at least 1,131 were intercepted near the western Libyan city of Sabratha over the last week. On Friday, EU leaders offered Libya money and other assistance to try to curb the record mig 05/02/2017
Now playing Next Unreported Europe Libya: a dead-end for migrants Caught in the Libya's instability and lawlessness, sub-Saharan migrants are exposed to abuse, violence and trafficking. 10/12/2016
Now playing Next Unreported Europe Cries for help from migrants trapped in Libya Five years after being plunged into instability after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya is a major crossroads of irregular immigration and is officially home to nearly 300,000… 09/12/2016
Now playing Next Unreported Europe In conversation with EU defence and security official Pedro Serrano Is there a way out for irregular migrants in Libya, or are they condemned to die there or perhaps at sea if they attempt the journey to Europe? 09/12/2016
Now playing Next Libya Libya: what next after ISIL's defeat in Sirte? This week ISIL lost Sirte, the group’s only foothold in Libya. 09/12/2016
Now playing Next Libya Libyan forces clear ISIL out of Sirte Pro-government forces in Libya have celebrated clearing out the last ISIL jihadists from the city of Sirte. 07/12/2016
Now playing Next Libya 'Children among dead' in Benghazi bomb blast Three children are believed to be among at least seven people killed in a car bomb attack in Benghazi. 21/11/2016
Now playing Next Libya Many dead and missing in the Mediterranean Hundreds of people have been rescued but "challenging" weather conditions mean this week's death toll is mounting steadily. 17/11/2016
Now playing Next Libya At least 239 migrants dead after two shipwrecks off Libyan coast Two shipwrecks off the coast of Libya have claimed the lives of at least 239 migrants. 03/11/2016
Now playing Next Libya Libya: Freed ISIL migrant girl relives kidnap ordeal The horror of life in the clutches of ISIL has been described by a 12-year-old girl, one of a group of Eritrean female captives of the extremists to have been freed by pro-government forces in… 24/10/2016