The Anti-Illegal Immigration Service in Tripoli, in coordination with the International Organization for Migration, yesterday, Tuesday, deported a number of irregular migrants from Libya to their countries of origin.
Media sources, citing security officials in the agency, reported that the deportation operation included 174 illegal immigrants of Nigerian origin, including 39 women and 6 children.
The same sources confirmed that these operations, which are carried out via air or land flights depending on the nationalities of the migrants, will continue during the coming weeks.
It is noteworthy that the International Organization for Migration works throughout Libya and, through its voluntary humanitarian return program, provides assistance to migrants who are stranded in Libya or who are suffering from fragile situations, to return to their countries of origin.
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