statement of Anti-Illegal Migration Authority on drowning of boat off Libyan shores.

Tripoli, 31.08.2015(Lana) The Anti-Illegal Migration Authority urged all concerned countries, organizations and authorities to cooperate and coordinate with Libya to provide logistic support to curb illegal migration. The authority emphasized, in a statement that the drowning of the boat that was carrying illegal migrants off the Libyan shores, that it will not spare an effort to combat this phenomenon and dry their sources in cooperation and coordination with the Security Apparatuses of the State of Libya. The statement condemned the human trafficking, which is a flagrant violation of human rights and international laws, and emphasized that the related apparatuses in Libya will confront the phenomenon and will pursue all the gangs and human traffickers and bring them to justice. The statement said Libya too is a victim of illegal migration where large of waves of illegal migrants flood the country from neighboring countries. The statement urged all countries to assist Libya in controlling its land and sea borders and the crossing points and find communication bridges between Libya and other countries to combat this phenomenon. = Lana =