16 immigrants deported from Libya to Mali

Libya's Immigration Control Department in the eastern city of Benghazi on Thursday announced deporting 16 immigrants to Mali.

The department said the immigrants had "infectious diseases" and were deported by air from Benghazi to Mali, the department said.

The International Organization for Migration said on Sunday that there are more than 650,000 immigrants in Libya and about 6,000 of them are being held in detention centres, including women and children.

Thousands of immigrants, mostly Africans, choose to cross the Mediterranean Sea toward Europe from Libya since the country has been mired in insecurity and chaos ever since the fall of its former leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.

Shelters in Libya are crowded with thousands of migrants rescued at sea or arrested by the Libyan security services, despite international calls for closing them.

SOURCE: Xinhua

 

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