The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says it has rescued 633 migrants off the coast of Libya and sent them back to the North African country over the past week.
“In the period of 27 November – 3 December 2022, 633 migrants were intercepted and returned to Libya,” IOM said in a statement.
So far in 2022, IOM has so far rescued 21,457 migrants and returned to Libya, including 1,089 women and 678 children, it said.
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Also, 517 illegal migrants died and 830 others went missing off the Libyan coast on the Central Mediterranean route so far this year.
In 2021, it rescued a total of 32,425 undocumented migrants and returned to Libya.
Libya has been suffering insecurity and chaos since the fall of the late leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
This is making the North African country a preferred point of departure for irregular migrants who want to cross the Mediterranean Sea to European shores. (Xinhua)
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