The Tripoli-based Coast Guard intercepted on Saturday 61 migrants of several African and Arab nationalities who were on their way to European shores on a rubber boat.
The Guard received a distress call, after which it moved to the west of Tripoli, where it intercepted the migrants, according to a statement by the Protocol and Information Office of the Tripoli-based Naval Forces.
The migrants were disembarked at the Tripoli Naval Base and then transferred to the Anti-Illegal Migration Agency, which will follow up on the procedures for the migrants’ deportation to their countries, according to the statement.