Reports of plans to deport migrants from the United States to Libya, a country with a documented history of serious human rights violations and abuse of migrants, have spotlighted the difficulties they face in the lawless North African nation.

Experts, human rights workers and lawyers criticized reports of plans to deport migrants from the U.S. to Libya.

A federal judge has warned the Trump administration -- amid reports it plans to deport migrants to Libya -- that doing so would violate court orders prohibiting the government from shipping deportees to a third country.