Libyan authorities suspend 10 international aid groups providing crucial assistance to migrants
- Libya's Internal Security Agency shut down ten international NGOs on April 2, according to reports.
- The ISA accused the NGOs of plotting to settle African migrants in Libya, citing 'foreign-hostile activities'.
- Targeted organizations, including Relief International and Doctors Without Borders, allegedly provided unauthorized healthcare and essential supplies.
- ISA spokesman Salem Ghaith said strict legal action will be taken, stating, "Their offices will be closed."
- The closures reflect Libya's aim to control migration, raising concerns about humanitarian access amid instability and migrant rights abuses.
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Libya's suspension of 10 international humanitarian groups, part of a broader crackdown on African migrants, is aimed at masking domestic failures and securing external concessions, particularly from Europe, analysts have said. Libya's Tripoli-based authorities announced on Wednesday a decision to suspend the Norwegian Refugee Council, Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Terre des Hommes, CESVI and six other groups, accusing them of a plan to "settle…
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Libyan authorities suspend 10 international aid groups providing crucial assistance to migrants
Libyan authorities have ordered 10 international aid organizations to suspend operations and close offices in the country, accusing the groups of violating local laws by providing aid African migrants.
Authorities suspend 10 international aid groups offering assistance to migrants
Libyan authorities have ordered 10 international aid organizations to suspend operations and close offices in the country, accusing the groups of violating local laws by providing aid African migrants
Getty ImagesLibya has accused aid organizations of trying to tamper with the country's demographics by encouraging African migrants to settle there. Libyan authorities have accused aid organizations of planning to change the country's ethnic makeup by encouraging African migrants to remain there and have ordered them to close their offices. The Libyan government's decision includes ten organizations—including Doctors Without Borders, the UN Refu…
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