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Over 1200 migrants intercepted and returned to Libya in a week – IOM

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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)

International Organization of Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday that 1,234 migrants were intercepted and returned to Libya from 24 to 30 December 2023.

A total of 17,025 migrants were intercepted and returned to Libya in 2023, according to IOM.

At the same time, 974 migrants died and 1,372 went missing on the central Mediterranean route off the Libyan coast in 2023, the IOM added.

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