Libyan War and Migrant Crisis
Libya
2016/2017
Is Libya a safe port? When in 2019 the about 90 migrants get on the Libyan Coast Guard boat that intercepted them on the Mediterranean sea, with orders to bring them back to Tripoli, the expression on their faces reveals the awareness of what awaits them once they are back: the prison described by many as a hell. As if that were not enough, a war has been fought for more than three months on the outskirts of Tripoli that according to the World Health Organization has already caused over a thousand victims. The recent bombing of the Tajoura Detention Center, which killed 53 people and wounded 130, confirmed the fears of the international community that even migrants could become victims of the conflict. In a country where, following the fall of Gaddafi, various local militias compete for power, today many Libyans prefer the return of a strong man able to guarantee the stability, even though often in Tripoli they cannot express it openly.
01 - 09 July 2019 - A member of the Libyan Coast Guard studies the map after receiving the coordinates of a boat with migrant in the Mediterranean see.02 - 09 July 2019 - Members of the Libyan Coast Guard on the Mediterranean sea after receiving the coordinates of a boat with migrant.
03 - 09 July 2019 - A member of the Libyan Coast Guard seats outside the boat after they received the coordinates of a boat with migrant in the Mediterranean.
04 - 09 July 2019 - A boat with migrant in the middle of the Mediterranean.
05 - 09 July 2019 - A member of the Libyan Coast Guard destroys a boat used by migrant after they have been taken on board of the Coast Guard to be taken back to Libya.06 - 09 July 2019 - A boat used by refugees and destroyed by the Libyan Coast Guard.
07 - 09 July 2019 - Migrant drink water on board of a Libyan Coast Guard's boat after they have been intercepted on the Mediterranean sea.08 - 09 July 2019 - Migrant drink water on board of a Libyan Coast Guard's boat after they have been intercepted on the Mediterranean sea.
09 - 09 July 2019 - A migrant sleeps on board of a Libyan Coast Guard's boat, on their way back to Tripoli, after the boat he was traveling with other 90 people have been intercepted on the Mediterranean sea.10 - 10 July 2019 - Immigrants intercepted by the Libyan Coast Guard in the Mediterranean sea arrive at the Tripoli's port before being transferred in a detention center.
11 - 10 July 2019 - Sarah from Somalia and his 5 years old kid are held after they try to run away at Tripoli's port to avoid the detention center. The woman and the kid have been intercepted by the Libyan Coast Guard in the Mediterranean sea while they were traveling in a boat with other migrants.12 - 10 July 2019 - Immigrants intercepted by the Libyan Coast Guard in the Mediterranean sea walk at Tripoli's port before being transferred in a detention center.13 - 03 July 2019 - A section of the Tajoura detention center that was turned to rubble after an attack that killed 53 people and injured at least 130.14 - 03 July 2019 - A man inspects a section of the Tajoura detention center that was turned to rubble after an attack that killed 53 people and injured at least 130.15 - 03 July 2019 - An Eritrean migrant sits outside the Tajoura detention center the day after the attack that killed 53 people and injured at least 130.16 - 03 July 2019 - A car destroyed by the attack at the Tajoura detention center that killed 53 people and injured at least 130.17 - 03 July 2019 - The dead body of a migrant killed from an airstrike at Tajoura detention center lying at the Tripoli Central Hospital. The attack killed 53 immigrants and injured about 130.
18 - 04 July 2019 - Two fighters loyal to the GNA (Government of National Accord) stands under a makeshift tent on the international airport front line in Tripoli.19 - 07 July 2019 - Tanks destoyed by rockets launched by forces loyal to Haftar on the Yarmouk front line.20 - 07 July 2019 - A vehicle destoyed during the fight on the Yarmouk front line.21 - 02 July 2019 - Palm trees on the Yarmouk front line.22 - 30 June 2019 - Inside a school in Tripoli where displaced people live after escaping form their houses located in the front line.23 - 01 July 2019 - A fighter loyal to the GNA (Government of National Accord) drives his vehicle on the Yarmouk front line.24 - 02 July 2019 - Fighters loyal to the GNA (Government of National Accord) inside a building on Ain Zara front line.25 - 04 July 2019 - A fighter loyal to the GNA (Government of National Accord) walks on the international airport front line in Tripoli.26 - 05 July 2019 - A woman walks near the old city in Tripoli.27 - 05 July 2019 - An anti-war demonstration in Tripoli's Martyrs' Square.