Libya: Anti-Migrant Rhetoric Fuels Abuses

Beirut — Libyan authorities have used incendiary rhetoric and pursued a campaign of mass detention and expulsions of migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees, sparking anti-migrant protests, Human Rights Watch said today.

Following months of incendiary anti-migrant rhetoric from authorities in the east and west of Libya, protests erupted on June 4, 2026, calling for the expulsion of migrants and refugees over rumors that they would be permanently “settled” in the country. Hundreds of demonstrators…