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The Italian Nova Agency announced that Libya ranked first in the number of migrants heading to Italy from the beginning of the year until July 5th.
The agency added in a report that approximately 14,755 illegal immigrants arrived on Italian shores from Libya during the first half of the year.
Nova reported that departures from the Libyan coast were mostly from the western region, while only 583 migrants arrived from the eastern region alone.
Regarding the nationalities of the migrants, the Nova report said that more than 5,000 people from Bangladesh and more than 3,000 Syrians left Libya during the same period, in addition to other nationalities, including Egypt, Pakistan, Mali, and Gambia.
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