Libya to impose border regulations

Libya's ministry of interior has begun imposing port-of-entry regulations requiring entry visas in all cases unless international agreements apply, ministry spokesperson Magdi al-Arafi has told Arabstoday in exclusive remarks. Orafi said: "The ministry has banned the entry of individuals of all nationalities through the border crossing between Libya and Egypt, except for Egyptians, whose country shares the bypass." Other foreign nationals are allowed entry at airports after receiving a visa." He said the minister has put a proposal before the cabinet regulating bringing in Egyptian workers through Egypt's labour ministry in accordance with the Libya job market's needs. According to the proposal, the Egyptian ministry will be responsible for conducting medical check-ups on emigrant workers as "cases of serious illness" have been recorder, according to a report by Tobruk's information security authority. He also said the Libyan government has stopped naturalising individuals and is setting a panel to review naturalisations which took place without fulfilling the necessary criteria during the country's civil war. The MoI spokesperson also referred to the launch of the digital passport project, which will bring the Libyan travel document to international standards. Numbered ID cards will also come into effect soon. A new "public investigation" service is also set to be launched to replace the old regime's hated security apparatus. The establishment of the new body is awaiting cabinet approval, al-Arafi said. "The ministry of interior has accepted 30,000 applications by members of the Supreme Security Committee (SSC)to join the police force and 5,000 are not under training across the country," the spokesperson said, adding "Until sincerity is ascertained, the ministry has taken over some schools for use in training." "These new classes will graduate within the next 10 days," he said.