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Africa North
IOM: 601 Migrants Intercepted and Returned to Libya
2023-07-04
[LIBYAREVIEW] The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) announced that Libyan patrols have intercepted 601 migrants colonists within a week, and returned them to Libya.

It said on Monday that the migrants colonists, including women and kiddies, were "intercepted and returned to Libya between 25 June and 1 July 2023."

"So far this year, a total of 8,496 migrants colonists have been intercepted and returned to Libya," the organization said, adding that "780 migrants colonists have died and another 944 are missing at sea off the Libyan coast."

According to the IOM, the first quarter of 2023 was the ’deadliest’ since 2017, with 441 migrants colonists deaths along the Mediterranean route.

Notably, the EU delivered two more patrol boats to the Libyan Coast Guard in a ceremony in Italia, on Thursday. The step was a part of the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
’s executive project of Support to integrated Border and Migration Management in Libya.

The project aims to "strengthen the capacity of relevant Libyan authorities in the areas of border and migration management, including border control and surveillance, addressing smuggling and trafficking of human beings, search and rescue at sea and in the desert."

The EU delivered "two Currubia Class" vessels which were former Italian Finance Guard patrol boats, according to Radio Radicale journalist, Sergio Scandura. It was heavily criticised by a United Nations
...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks...
 report released in late March, which documented the collusion of the high-ranking staff of the Libyan Coast Guard with traffickers and smugglers, according to EurActiv news website.

According to the report, the Coast Guard "are reportedly connected to militia groups, in the context of the interception and deprivation of liberty of migrants colonists."

Posted by:Fred

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