150 Illegal Migrants Rescued Over Past Week: IOM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on
Monday that 150 migrants were rescued and returned to Libya in the
past week, trend reports citing xinhua .
"In the period of April 30 - May 6, 150 migrants were
intercepted and returned to Libya," IOM said in a statement.
Three bodies of illegal migrants were recovered off the Libyan
shore over the past week, noted the statement.
So far this year, a total of 4,969 illegal migrants have been
rescued and returned to Libya, the organization said, adding that
532 illegal migrants died and 315 others went missing off the
Libyan coast on the central Mediterranean route.
Due to the instability and chaos in the country since the fall
of late leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime in 2011, many migrants,
mostly Africans, choose to cross the Mediterranean Sea to European
shores from Libya.
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