A total of 140 migrants, including eight women and a minor, were intercepted during the last week when they tried to cross the Mediterranean before being brought back to Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Monday.
Between August 14 and 20, those rescued aboard three precarious boats were disembarked in the ports of the capital, Tripoli, and the city of Zawiya (west), although no human losses were recorded, according to the latest report from IOM.
So far this year, 12,941 people, 462 of whom are minors, have been brought back to Libya. In the same period, 206 have died and 712 have disappeared on the Central Mediterranean migratory route.