IOM repatriates 150 Somali immigrants from Libya

BY Libyan Express Jun 03, 2018 - 16:08

IOM helps migrants out of Libya to their home countries. (Photo: Archive – Internet)

The International Organization for Migration says it has repatriated 150 Somali migrants stranded in Libya this past week. Most had been held in government-run detention centers for months under abysmal conditions.

The returning Somali migrants account for only a fraction of the hundreds of thousands of migrants and refugees living in precarious conditions in Libya.

The International Organization for Migration believes as many as one million people, most from Arab and African countries, have made the dangerous journey to Libya as the gateway to Europe and a better life.

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