Tripoli, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 1st Feb, 2024) Libyan authorities on Wednesday began sending 350 irregular migrants to their home country Egypt, an immigration official told AFP. The International Organization for Migration said it had organised two "voluntary humanitarian returns" charter flights from Libya to Nigeria on Tuesday. Libya sent 600 irregular migrants back to Egypt in November and a further 650 in December. All of those being sent back via bus to the border with Egypt on Wednesday were men, including some children, Ammar said. In 2023, a total 23,361 migrants of African or Asian nationality, mostly from Nigeria, were sent back to their homelands from Libya, he added.

Source: Libya Today January 31, 2024 23:28 UTC