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Home » IOM: 660 migrants brought back to Libya in one week

IOM: 660 migrants brought back to Libya in one week

Tuesday, November 21, 2023 National 1 Min Read
71 migrants intercepted off Libyan coast
FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019 file photo, rescued migrants are seated next to a coast guard boat in the city of Khoms, Libya, around 120 kilometers (75 miles) east of Tripoli. The Council of Europe is urging Italy to suspend its cooperation with the Libyan coast guard. The council's human rights commissioner says migrants who are picked up at sea and returned to Libya face serious human rights violations in its wretched detention centers. (AP Photo/Hazem Ahmed, File)

Over 660 migrants were intercepted off the coast of Libya last week, reports the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

From 12 to 18 November, 662 people were rescued at sea and brought back to Libya, explains the UN agency in a statement released yesterday evening.

The IOM says that in total, 14,894 migrants have been intercepted off the Libyan coast since the beginning of the year, while 940 have died and 1,248 have disappeared on the Mediterranean route.

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