During a telephone interview on 23 May 2001, a professor of Political Science at the University of Texas at San Antonio who specializes on Libya stated that Foreign residents who are working in Lybia receive a renewable work visa. He added that he has never heard of a case of a foreign resident, either Arab or non-Arab, obtaining Libyan citizenship.

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Professor of Political Science, University of Texas at San Antonio. 23 May 2001. Telephone interview

IRB databases

One source did not respond to an information request

Internet sites including:

U.S. Department of State

U.K. Home Office

Amnesty International

Human Rights Watch

International Committee of the Red Cross

Office fédéral des réfugiés

U.S. Committee for Refugees