The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that between March and April 2025, a total of 867,055 migrants from 44 different nationalities were present in Libya.
IOM's Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), covering March-April 2025, has identified a total of 867,055 migrants from 44 nationalities in Libya, the organization reported on X.
The new report (Round 57) identified the majority of migrants as citizens of Sudan (33 percent), Niger (22 percent), Egypt (19 percent), Chad (10 percent) and Nigeria (3 percent).
363 deaths reported in the central Mediterranean since the start of 2025
The total number of migrants over the March-April period represented an increase of approximately 1 percent compared to the previous round of data collection (January-February 2025) and a nearly 20 percent increase compared to the same period last year (Round 52), IOM said.
This upward trend has been ongoing since December 2023, the organization explained.
In its latest update on X, IOM moreover said that at least 363 people were reported dead and 290 others missing along the central Mediterranean route from the beginning of the year until July 19.
The UN agency added that, over the same period, 12,643 migrants were intercepted at sea and returned to Libya, including 10,943 men, 1,148 women and 407 minors, in addition to 145 people whose gender is unknown.
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Migrants mainly employed in construction sector
According to the latest update released by IOM covering the period of March-April 2025, 78 percent of migrants in Libya had a job, mainly men, while the remaining percentage of migrants, mainly women, had no employment and were actively seeking work.
Migrants were mainly employed in the construction sector (48 percent), in manufacturing or in factories (10 percent), in agriculture (9 percent), or were working as cleaners and domestic workers (8 percent), sales assistants or cashiers (6 percent).
In terms of gender, 78 percent of migrants were men, 11 percent women, 7 percent children and teens under the care of an adult and 4 percent were unaccompanied minors.
A reported 24 percent of migrant men in Libya were married but not accompanied by their wives, while 12 percent were in the North African country with their spouses.
In territorial terms, 53 percent of migrants were located in the western part of Libya, 35 percent in the eastern part and 12 percent in the South.
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