Libyan authorities have arrested 541 migrants in the city of Misurata, some 250 km east of the capital Tripoli, as they were attempting to cross the Mediterranean sea towards Europe.
The migrants were arrested at the shore and taken to the Tariq al-Matar reception center in Tripoli, where they will receive “humanitarian assistance” before being deported to their home countries, said Abdussalam Alewan, director of the center.