[LIBYAREVIEW] On Sunday, a European organization that operates migrant rescue ships said that more than 132 migrants colonists, including women and kiddies, have been rescued and returned to Libya by the Libyan Coast Guard.In a statement, the Ocean Viking, which is jointly operated by SOS Mediteranee and the medical nonprofit organization, Doctors Without Borders said that it had performed its 4th rescue in 4 days. 132 people were evacuated from an overcrowded wooden boat in high risk of capsizing in the international waters off of the Libyan coast. Among them are 9 women travelling alone, 1 child and 40 unaccompanied minors.
The North African country has been mired in insecurity and turmoil since a NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and structure....
-backed uprising killed the country’s long-time leader Muammar Qadaffy
...Proof that a madman with money will be politely received for at least 42 years until his people get tired of him and kill him...
in 2011, making it a preferred point of departure for migrants colonists who want to cross the Mediterranean Sea to European shores.
According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), nearly 15,000 migrants colonists have been rescued and returned to Libya so far this year.
The rescued migrants colonists ended up in overcrowded reception centres across Libya, despite repeated international calls to close these centres.
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