AU moves to relocate 20 000 migrants
Publish date: 11 December 2017
Issue Number: 755
Diary: IBA Legalbrief Africa
Category: Corruption
The AU plans to repatriate 20 000 African migrants in detention centres in government-controlled parts of Libya over the next six weeks. BBC News reports that African governments are under pressure to act following television reports showing sub-Saharan Africans being sold as slaves in the country. The AU said it was working to organise consular services for stranded migrants and landing rights for planes to fly them out of Libya. Some countries have already begun flying their citizens back home.
