The Libyan authorities called on international organizations to help deport irregular migrants from the country as soon as possible, after an incident that large numbers of asylum seekers fled from a shelter in the capital, Tripoli.

And the Libyan Ministry of Interior announced the killing of one refugee and the injury of others the day before yesterday, Friday, while migrants fled from a government shelter in the Ghout al-Shaal area (west of Tripoli).

The ministry confirmed - in a statement - its lack of complacency in dealing with those it described as outlaws, and those who tamper with Libya's security and stability, through illegal immigration gangs and organized crime, and called on relevant international organizations to assist in the voluntary return of migrants and their deportation as soon as possible.

The International Organization for Migration had reported that 6 migrants were shot dead, and at least 24 were injured during the escape of asylum seekers from the accommodation center in Ghout al-Shaal, but the Libyan Interior Ministry confirmed the killing of one person.

The IOM said that the center's guards shot the refugees who protested the appalling conditions at the shelter, which houses 3,400 refugees, including women and children, and called on the Libyan authorities to stop using what it described as excessive force, end arbitrary detention, and resume flights to allow migrants to leave.

The Libyan Ministry of Interior had launched a security campaign to arrest illegal immigrants in a number of areas west of Tripoli, after hundreds of them fled the shelter center, and sources reported that about 5,000 of these migrants were arrested during the security campaign.

Irregular migrants who gathered in front of the UNHCR building in Tripoli said that they faced harsh and inhuman conditions that caused the death of some of them inside refugee camps in the Ghout al-Shaal area.

The UNHCR suspended the work of its office in Tripoli after the arrival of refugee gatherings in the vicinity of the headquarters, and pledged to continue providing its services by communicating by phone.

Libya is a major transit point for tens of thousands of migrants, most of them from sub-Saharan Africa, in their quest to reach Europe through the Italian coasts, which are about 300 km from the Libyan shores.


Withdrawal of mercenaries

On the other hand, the Libyan Presidential Council welcomed the signing by the Libyan Joint Military Committee (5+5) of the action plan for the gradual and simultaneous withdrawal of mercenaries and foreign fighters from Libyan territory.

In a statement issued yesterday, Saturday, the Council called on international partners, including the neighboring countries of Libya, to support, support and cooperate in implementing the mechanism adopted by the Joint Military Committee under the auspices of the United Nations Mission in Libya.

The Presidential Council affirmed its commitment to work with all parties to consolidate the ceasefire agreement signed in October last year, and to implement all relevant Security Council resolutions as well as the recommendations of the Berlin Conference.

For his part, Libyan Parliament Speaker Aguila Saleh said that his country is counting on Algeria's role in the international community to help remove foreign forces and mercenaries from Libya.

During his meeting with the Speaker of the Algerian Parliament, Ibrahim Bogali, Saleh expressed his optimism about Algeria's efforts to advance national reconciliation among Libyans, due to its good relations with all parties.

Politically also, the US Embassy in Libya said that the US ambassador in Tripoli, Richard Norland, met the head of the "Tabu Conference" Issa Abdel Majid Mansour for the second time in Tunisia, and discussed with him the issue of elections and the importance of organizing them on time.

The parties also discussed political, economic and security challenges in the south, and throughout Libya.

It is noteworthy that the Libyan House of Representatives, held in the city of Tobruk (eastern Libya), approved a law for presidential elections and another for legislative elections scheduled to be held at the end of this year, but the Supreme Council of State accused it of violating the terms of the 2015 political agreement, which requires Parliament to consult with the State Council on the legislation it enacts. .