Libya

10/01/2025 – 10/02/2025

• In early January, more than 600 people were expelled from Libya to Niger through the Sahara. According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), 613 Nigerien nationals arrived in Dirkou, a desert town in Niger, after being rounded up by Libyan authorities in the previous month.
• On February 9th, Libyan officials reported discovering around 50 bodies in two mass graves in the desert. The first, with 19 bodies, was found on Friday on a farm in Kufra. A second mass grave with at least 30 bodies was uncovered after a raid on a human trafficking center. Survivors claimed up to 70 people were buried there, and authorities are still investigating the site. Mass graves of migrants are common in Libya. Last year, authorities found at least 65 migrant bodies in the Shuayrif region, 350 kilometers south of Tripoli.