At least 17 bodies, likely of Europe-bound migrants, have washed ashore in western Libya, the Libyan Red Crescent said on Wednesday.
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One migrant was killed and at least 15 others injured, six seriously, when security forces in Tripoli carried out raids on houses and temporary makeshift shelters on Friday in Gargaresh, an area of Tripoli heavily populated by migrants and asylum-seekers.
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Nearly 500 migrants were intercepted at sea on wooden boat Sunday morning by the Tripoli-based Libyan Coast Guard, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said.
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) published its report issued on September 24, 2021, on Libya, in which it stated that a total of 24,420 migrants and refugees were intercepted and brought back to Libya by the Libyan Coast Guard.
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The Tripoli-based Libyan Coast Guard intercepted 134 migrants on Monday evening, said the U.N. Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
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More than 800 migrants were intercepted and returned to Libya between the 11th and 17th of this month, said spokeswoman of the International Organization of Migration (IOM) on Friday.
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The Libyan Interior Ministry announced that the Coast Guard managed to intercept 341 migrants of different nationalities, including 8 women and 9 children.
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The European Union is currently discussing a “more balanced” approach to migration in Libya, said the EU chief diplomat Josep Borrell on Monday.
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Libya’s Public Prosecution has charged a Somali man with human trafficking, murder, and assault on migrants.
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At least 130 migrants were rescued and brought back to Tripoli on Friday evening after their two boats capsized at sea, the U.N. Refugee Agency (UNHCR) announced on early Saturday morning.
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