302 migrants were intercepted at sea last night in three operations before being brought back to Libya, said the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today.
307 persons were returned to Tripoli last night, in two different operations undertaken by Libyan maritime forces, said the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Wednesday.
The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has evacuated 172 migrants out of Libya to in Niger on the evening of 4 November. It was the first evacuation flight to Niger in more than a year, after the Libyan authorities lifted a blanket ban on humanitarian flights.
92 migrants were intercepted and brought back to Libya last night after embarking on Europe-bound journey a day earlier from the western city of Zuwara, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said today.
Libya’s Attorney-General Siddiq Al-Sour denied that migrants were killed by security forces in Tripoli during an anti-migrant crackdown earlier this month and claimed that such reports are “false” , according to a statement released yesterday by the attorney-general’s office.
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, urged the Libyan government on Friday to immediately address the dire situation of asylum-seekers and refugees in a humane and rights-based manner.
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198 migrants aboard 2 boats were intercepted last night by the Tripoli-based coast guard and brought back to Libya where they disembarked in Zawiya and in Tripoli, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Saturday.
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.