662 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast: UN agency
Up to 662 illegal migrants were rescued off the coast of Libya in the past week, the International Organisation for Migration said.
Up to 662 illegal migrants were rescued off the coast of Libya in the past week, the International Organisation for Migration said.
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According to CNN, the clash began on Monday after the commander of the 444 Brigade, Mahmoud Hamza, was detained as he attempted to travel through Tripoli’s main Mitiga airport.
The Chairman of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM), Iqbal Singh Lalpura on Sunday said that Indians stranded in Libya have been evacuated by the NCM with the help of the Ministry of External Affairs and Indian Embassy in Tunisia.
Tunisia has been hit by an outbreak of the Delta variant, which caused record infections and deaths and forced many cities in the country to impose lockdown against the pandemic.
Smugglers and traffickers in Libya — many of them members of militias — have long been notorious for brutalizing migrants. But rights groups and U.N. agencies say abuse also takes place in the official DCIM-run facilities.ap
The oil-rich country has become a proxy battleground for rival forces and foreign powers.
The meeting came weeks after the separate visits by President of the Libyan High Council of State Khalid al-Mishri and Speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives Aguila Saleh to Morocco.
Libya has been locked in a civil war since the ouster and killing of its former leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.