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InfoMigrants By Marion MacGregor Published on : 2020/12/18
At least 120 people, including 28 children, were returned to Libya by the coast guard on Wednesday night. The UN migration agency IOM repeated that Libya is not a safe country for return.
The UN migration agency (IOM) said Thursday that a boat carrying more than 120 migrants was stopped in the Mediterranean on Wednesday night and the migrants returned to Libya. Safa Msehli, an IOM spokesperson, said 126 migrants from the vessel were taken to detention centers inside Libya. We reiterate that Libya is not a port of safety, the IOM tweeted. Over 120 migrants, including 8 women and 28 children were returned to #Libya last night by the coast guard.
Thursday, 17 December, 2020 - 16:45
Evacuated migrants taken out of detention centers by the UNHCR from Tripoli in Libya arrive at the military airport Pratica di Mare in Rome, Italy, December 22, 2017. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi Asharq Al-Awsat
More than 120 Europe-bound migrants, including eight women and 28 children, were intercepted in the Mediterranean Sea by Libya s coast guard, the UN migration agency said on Thursday.
The International Organization for Migration tweeted that a vessel carrying the migrants was stopped late on Wednesday off the coast of the North African country and that the migrants were returned to Libya.
“We reiterate that Libya is not a port of safety,” the IOM said.