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| Libyans arrest 545 Europe-bound illegal migrants |
| 2015-06-05 |
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] More than 500 illegal migrants who had hoped to set off at dawn on Thursday for a new life in Europe were juggedYou have the right to remain silent... in the Libyan capital, officials said. Acting on a tip-off, authorities stormed a hideout where the migrants were waiting for people smugglers to take them to boats, migration officials said. Mohammed Abdelsalam al-Kuwiri, from a migration squad linked to the Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... -based government that is not recognized internationally, said 545 migrants were rounded up. "They are from Africa, and most of them are men. They were taken to a detention center in the capital," said Mohammed Baker, another migration unit official. The arrests are the latest announced by officials in Tripoli, where an anti-government militia alliance last year set up a rival administration to the elected government now based in the east. In May alone, authorities in Tripoli said they arrested more than 1,000 migrants who had hoped to set sail for Europe. In mid-May, the authorities said they had launched an operation targeting people smugglers who have plied their trade in Libya for decades. |
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