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The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) evacuated today 179 migrants from Libya to Niger. The group included children, women at risk, survivors of violence, people with serious medical conditions, survivors of trafficking and some who had recently been released from detention, according to UNHCR.

Richard Norland, U.S. Ambassador to Libya, held talks on Thursday with Mohamed A. Ib Almadani, Libya’s Ambassador to Chad, as well as U.S. Ambassador to Chad Alex Laskaris, to discuss “regional cooperation on border security and economic development,” according to a statement by the American embassy in Libya.