12/03/2024 – 05/04/2024
- On March 26, 2024, the website Refugees in Libya published the portrait of Gedion Samuel Hariso. The numbers shroud the individual trajectories of young people like Gedion, who after the death of his father, the suicide of his brother, and his departure from Ethiopia, his mother received a distress call from Libya. In February, he was kidnapped by traffickers who demanded a ransom of $15,000.
- On 22 March 2024, IOM revealed the existence of a mass grave in southwestern Libya where more than 65 bodies of presumed migrants were found. According to the Libyan authorities, an investigation is underway to clarify the circumstances of their deaths as well as this violation of their basic right to a dignified burial.
- On 16 March 2024, while an MSF Sea ship was trying to rescue more than 170 people in distress on two boats, the Libyan coastguard reportedly carried out “dangerous manoeuvres” compromising the physical integrity of asylum seekers. This incident is the latest in a long list of breaches of international humanitarian law by Libyan forces.