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151 illegal Bangladeshi migrants deported from Libya: IOM

09 Sep 2023 10:19am
Interior Minister in the Tripoli-based government Emad Trabelsi (CL) speaks to reporters flanked by the head of the Immigration Department Mohammad al-Khojah (CR) during a migrant deportation operation in the Libyan capital on Sept 6. (Photo by Mahmud Turkia / AFP)
Interior Minister in the Tripoli-based government Emad Trabelsi (CL) speaks to reporters flanked by the head of the Immigration Department Mohammad al-Khojah (CR) during a migrant deportation operation in the Libyan capital on Sept 6. (Photo by Mahmud Turkia / AFP)

TRIPOLI - The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on Friday said it repatriated 151 illegal Bangladeshi migrants from Libya.

"This week, IOM assisted 151 migrants to safely return home to Bangladesh through the VHR (Voluntary Humanitarian Return) programme in a charter flight from Benghazi to Dhaka," Xinhua quoted IOM as saying in a statement.

On Wednesday, Libyan Interior Minister Emad al-Tarabelsi repatriated 270 illegal migrants, confirming that more illegal migrants will be deported from Libya soon.

Due to the insecurity and chaos in the country since the fall of late leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime in 2011, many migrants, mostly Africans, chose to cross the Mediterranean Sea to European shores from Libya.

So far this year, a total of 10,646 illegal migrants have been rescued and returned to Libya, according to the IOM. - BERNAMA-XINHUA

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