TRIPOLI,
Libya
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Wednesday that 95 illegal immigrants were rescued off Libya’s western coast.
“A group of 95 migrants were
returned to Khums, Libya by the coast guard. IOM staff were onsite to provide
needed assistance and report that among them were four women,” the IOM tweeted.
Earlier on Wednesday, the IOM
said that 131 illegal immigrants, including 13 miners, were rescued off the
country’s western coast.
The IOM estimates that more than
6,100 illegal immigrants have been rescued off the Libyan coast and returned to
Libya so far in 2020, compared with 9,225 in 2019.
The fall of the previous Muammar
Gaddafi’s government in 2011 has created a state of insecurity and chaos in
Libya, which made it a preferred point of departure for illegal immigrants to
cross the Mediterranean Sea towards European shores.
Immigrant shelters in Libya are overcrowded with immigrants, despite repeated international calls to close them. - Africa
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