Libya, UN refugee agency talk about illicit immigration, frontier management

2021-09-23 06:33:23

(MENAFN) On Wednesday, Sep. 22 Vice President of the Presidency Council of Libya, Musa al-Koni, convened with Jean-Paul Cavalieri, chief of mission in Libya of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to talk about illicit immigration, frontier management, amongst others.

A report released by the Presidency Council said: "the Vice President of the Presidency Council confirmed that illegal migration is mainly a humanitarian issue. He stressed the importance of uniting international efforts to come up with successful solutions to it."

The report noted that Al-Koni also emphasized the significance of tackling illicit immigration in the Libyan southern frontier rather than at sea where illicit migrants traverse towards Europe.

Cavalieri stated that there are issues confronting the evacuation of immigrants from Libya to other nations, comprising failures to arrange flights.

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