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Libya's eastern administration bars entry to Iranians, Afghans
The order extends June restrictions and directs the interior ministry to deport Iranian and Afghan nationals without valid residence permits.
- On Wednesday, the Benghazi-based government banned Iranian and Afghan nationals from entering Libya through all land, sea, and air ports of entry.
- This move extends entry restrictions imposed in June on nationals from Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia, which Osama Hamad's administration cited as a "reorganization of foreign nationals' entry to Libya."
- The Ministry of Interior is responsible for implementation and deporting those without valid residence permits; accredited diplomatic and consular staff and authorized medical and educational workers are exempted.
- Factional conflict has split Libya since 2014, with Osama Hamad's administration in the east allied to military commander Khalifa Haftar, while Abdulhamid Dbeibah's internationally recognized government is based in Tripoli.
- Libya is home to more than 900,000 migrants and serves as a transit route for those fleeing to Europe across the Mediterranean since the 2011 fall of Muammar Gaddafi.
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The list of countries subject to an entry ban is expanding – No official explanation for the reasons for the decision
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