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Africa North
Libya repatriates 135 Nigerian migrants
2017-08-18
[AlAhram] Libyan authorities on Thursday repatriated 135 Nigerian migrants colonists, including women and kiddies, who had made failed attempt
Curses! Foiled again!
s to cross the Mediterranean to Europe, an official said.

"We are organising... the voluntary repatriation of 135 clandestine Nigerian migrants colonists who were rescued offshore by the coastguard," said Hosni Abu Ayanah of the Libyan government agency tackling illegal migration.

The first group of 75 men and 10 women gathered Thursday in downtown Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
to board buses with metal grills towards the capital's Mitiga airport.

Others were set to depart from other migrant detention centres.

The Libyan authorities have coordinated with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to run special flights to repatriate migrants colonists, mostly from sub-Saharan Africa.

Ever since the rule of longtime dictator Moamer Qadaffy, thousands of people have crossed Libya's 5,000-kilometre (3,000-mile) southern border to make perilous bids to reach Europe in often unseaworthy boats.

Following the 2011 NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions...
-backed revolt that toppled and killed Qadaffy, people traffickers have exploited the chaos rocking Libya to transport ever more migrants colonists towards Italia, 300 kilometres away.

Those who fail often end up stuck in Libya in dire conditions and opt to be repatriated.
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