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2021-10-04 Africa North
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About 500 Europe-bound migrants intercepted off Libya
migrants
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[AlAhram] Libya's coasties Sunday intercepted a wooden boat carrying around 500 Europe-bound migrants colonists off the country's shore, the UN refugee agency said.
It marked the latest sea interception amid a surge in crossings and attempted crossings from the North African nation to European shores in recent months. It took place two days after a massive crackdown on migrants colonists in a western Libyan town that resulted in the roundup of at least 4,000 migrants colonists.
Libya has emerged as the dominant transit point for migrants colonists fleeing war and poverty in Africa and the Middle East, hoping for a better life in Europe. The trend developed after the country was plunged into chaos following the 2011 NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis....
-backed uprising that ousted and killed longtime dictator Muammar Qadaffy
 ...The late megalomaniac dictator of Libya, admired everywhere for his garish costumes, funny hats, harem of cutie bodyguards , and incoherent ravings. As far as is known, he is the only person who's ever declared jihad on Switzerland...
Human traffickers have benefited from the chaos in the oil-rich nation and smuggled migrants colonists through the country's lengthy border with six nations. They then pack desperate migrants colonists into ill-equipped rubber boats in risky voyages through the perilous Central Mediterranean Sea route.
The migrants colonists from Sunday's interception were disembarked at an oil refinery point in the western town of Zawiya, a major launching point for migrants colonists, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR. They include Sudanese, Somalis, Bengalis and Syrians, it said.
The migrants colonists were likely taken to a detention center as Libyan authorities typically do with intercepted migrants colonists.
On Saturday, the Libyan coasties intercepted around 90 migrants colonists, including eight women and three children, and returned them to 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...
, the UN agency said. The coasties also retrieved the bodies of two migrants colonists, while 40 others remained missing at sea, the agency said.
There has been a spike in crossings and attempted crossings of the Mediterranean Sea with the goal of reaching European soil. So far this year some 44,000 people have reached Europe's shores by crossing the Central Mediterranean from Tunisia and Libya.
As of Sept. 25, more than 25,000 people had been intercepted by the EU-trained and equipped Libyan coasties this year and returned to the war-torn country, according to the UN migration agency.
Over 1,100 migrants colonists were reported dead or presumed dead off Libya in the first nine months of 2021. 
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