Jeremy Haslam

Libya’s crackdown on illegal immigrants poses problems for that country’s economic recovery

Libya’s population was once one-fourth immigrants, most of them illegal. In the wake of its revolution last year, most of them left. And while some are returning, helping to fill important jobs that have gone unfilled, the nation is also cracking down, hard, on illegal immigrants.

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Libya Detains Immigrants, But Needs Migrant Labor

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