Following the European Union's sanctions notice, Niger has opted to repeal a law sanctioning illegal border crossings, and a major surge in migration flows is expected, with the focus on Tunisia and Libya. The Prime Minister's spokesman, Ali Al-Amin Zein, announced that the leader of the military junta, Abderrahmane Tiani, had repealed this law. REUTERS/JOE PENNEY - Nigerian migrants, travelling north towards Libya, ride on top of a truck in AgadezAlgeria is precisely one of the countries that motivated the 2015 law sanctioning illegal migrants. It should not be forgotten that Libya currently hosts more than 700,000 illegal migrants, according to the International Organisation for Migration. And there is every indication that the repeal of the 2015 law will cause these numbers to grow exponentially.

Source: Libya Today November 30, 2023 21:33 UTC