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The National Commission for Human Rights in Libya (NCHRL) announced that the number of refugees and migrants rescued at sea and returned to Libya during the year 2020 reached 11891.
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The Minister of Interior of the Government of National Accord (GNA), Fathi Bashagha, revealed a large-scale operation to be launched by the security and military authorities to eradicate militants and human traffickers
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A Libyan Coast Guard patrol has picked up 79 migrants from their wrecked boat stranded in the sea, a source from the coast guard said on Sunday.
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Shahat Security Directorate has arrested a Libyan man and two Egyptian nationals on charges of smuggling migrant workers from Tobruk and Musaid to Benghazi, in exchange for large sums of money.
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The Ministry of Interior reported that the number of migrants deported from Libya during the year 2020 reached 5,360 migrants.
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The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has confirmed that 11891 illegal immigrants who tried to flee Libya were intercepted or rescued and returned so far this year, compared to 9,225 in 2019.
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A spokesman for the Libyan Navy announced that 126 migrants were rescued from possible drowning at sea, in the Libyan search and rescue area, northwest of Tripoli.
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The Libyan Red Crescent's rescue teams recovered Wednesday bodies of four children after a boat carrying 30 illegal immigrants capsized off the Libyan coast.
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