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>Libyan authorities on Tuesday began sending more than 320 irregular migrants to their home country Nigeria, an immigration official told AFP.
>War-torn Libya has become as a key departure point on North Africa's Mediterranean coast for migrants, mainly from other parts of Africa, risking dangerous sea voyages in hopes of reaching Europe.
>Libya's rival administrations last year agreed on a Tripoli-based anti-immigration body tasked with coordinating deportations of foreigners who are in the country illegally.
>"We carried out on Tuesday the expulsion of 163 irregular migrants of Nigerian nationality from the Mitiga airport, including 107 women, 51 men and five children," said the migration agency's head of security, Mohamad Baredaa.
>In a move coordinated with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Baredaa added that "160 Nigerians will be sent back to their country from Benina airport in Benghazi" later on Tuesday.
https://www.barrons.com/news/libya-deports-migrants-back-to-nigeria-f8722312
>War-torn Libya has become as a key departure point on North Africa's Mediterranean coast for migrants, mainly from other parts of Africa, risking dangerous sea voyages in hopes of reaching Europe.
>Libya's rival administrations last year agreed on a Tripoli-based anti-immigration body tasked with coordinating deportations of foreigners who are in the country illegally.
>"We carried out on Tuesday the expulsion of 163 irregular migrants of Nigerian nationality from the Mitiga airport, including 107 women, 51 men and five children," said the migration agency's head of security, Mohamad Baredaa.
>In a move coordinated with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Baredaa added that "160 Nigerians will be sent back to their country from Benina airport in Benghazi" later on Tuesday.
https://www.barrons.com/news/libya-deports-migrants-back-to-nigeria-f8722312
