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The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) evacuated today 179 migrants from Libya to Niger. The group included children, women at risk, survivors of violence, people with serious medical conditions, survivors of trafficking and some who had recently been released from detention, according to UNHCR.

The European Union (EU) announced its support to the Government of Niger in the field of assistance, protection and the search for durable solutions for asylum seekers and refugees who were evacuated from Libya through a project implemented by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) that extends to 2024.

International Organization for Migration (IOM) officials met Sunday with the Ambassador of Niger to Libya to discuss increasing support on health, education, skills development, labour, migration and Voluntary Home Return (VHR).