Libya has started deporting about 600 undocumented Egyptian migrants to their country, an official of the Tripoli-based government told AFP on Monday. The Directorate of Combatting Illegal Migration began "today the expulsion of 600 Egyptian nationals who entered illegally" into Libya, Mohamad Bardaa, deputy for security affairs at the DCIM, told AFP. The migrants were being driven back to the Egyptian border on buses, crossing territory controlled by a rival administration in the east. Until recently, United Nations agencies were responsible for repatriating refugees and migrants in Libya. According to the UN International Organisation for Migration, more than 700,000 migrants were present on Libyan territory between May and June of this year.

Source: Libya Today November 06, 2023 18:54 UTC