UN agency: Libyan navy intercepts over 80 EU-bound migrants
CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s coast guard intercepted on Friday more than 80 Europe-bound migrants in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of the North African country, the U.N. migration agency said. The migrants were returned to Libyan soil, said the International Organization for Migration. They will most likely be held under dire conditions in detention centers that Libya has become notorious for. “So far this year, some 300 people, including women and children, were returned to the country and ended up in detention,” said the IOM. “We reiterate ...
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