Libya: 100 Algerians reported missing in Misrata

Two Algerians were reported missing in Libya after their father had not heard about them for 10 days since the crisis broke out.

• Khaled is a mecanics workshop manager and Fares studies at the Arts Faculty in Misrata. Their father Ahmed Touati said two of their friends were also reported missing.
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• He told Echorouk there are more than 100 Algerians living in Misrata. No news had arrived about them for more than a month and a half. He called on Algerian authorities to find a solution to end this anxiety state.
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• Touati wondered why Moroccan authorities refused to transport Algerians by boat which carried Moroccan nationals from Libya.
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• He said he was on the phone with his son when Algerians were kicked out with violence by the boat’s officials.
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• Representative of families living in Misrata said his 56-year-wife is in a bad health condition and started loosing hope in her sons’ survival.
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• According to Touati, preliminary sources say they were kidnapped.
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• He also said 150 Algerian cast the ballots in Misrata in Libya’s 2009 presidential elections.  
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• “Official figures show that 300 families are living in Misrata. I call on the Algerian foreign ministry to facilitate procedures to deal with missing people’s families in the war in Libya. They should be supported and listened.”