Over 650 migrants caught off Libya coast sent back to country
Various non-governmental organizations say migrants forcibly returned to Libya by push-back method
2021-05-17 09:39:48
TRIPOLI, Libya
More than 650 migrants caught off the coast of Libya were sent on Sunday to the country s capital Tripoli, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
“Survivors departed aboard 4 rubber boats from Zwara, and were intercepted/rescued and returned in 2 different disembarkations,” the agency said on Twitter.
Tarik Argaz, the agency s spokesman in Libya, said on Twitter that the migrants were sent to detention centers, “where dire conditions and abuse are common currency,” after receiving medical assistance.
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A rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RHIB) of the Italian Finance Police patrols near the Mare Jonio, operated by Italian charity Mediterranea Saving Humans, and the German NGO Sea-Eye migrant rescue ship Alan Kurdi (unseen). - Reuters
Fifteen boats packed with hundreds of migrants landed on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa on Sunday, and officials said they were expecting numbers to increase as the weather improved.
More than 1 400 people got off the vessels at the Mediterranean island, one of the main landing points for people trying to get into Europe, ANSA news agency said.
“Migrants arrivals are resuming alongside good weather,” Lampedusa’s mayor Toto Martello told state broadcaster RAI. “We need to restart discussions about the immigration issue.”
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