Libya’s Anti-Illegal Immigration Agency reported the deportation of 2,102 Sudanese and Chadian migrants from Kufra during the first half of this year. ‘
The figures, released in a video today, revealed that 985 Sudanese migrants were deported from Kufra between January 1 and June 30. Nearly half of them, 514, were suffering from infectious diseases. In May and June alone, 763 Sudanese migrants, or 77%, were deported.
Regarding Chadian migrants, the data showed that 1,117 were deported from Kufra in the same period. Of these, 367 were deported in May and June, and 240 were infected with contagious diseases.
Earlier this month, the Anti-Illegal Immigration Agency in the Eastern Region of Tobruk deported over 7,000 illegal migrants during the first half of this year.
According to data from the agency, a total of 7,525 illegal migrants from 19 different nationalities were deported. Among these, 230 migrants were reported injured, with 11 of them suffering from HIV/AIDS. The injured migrants included 134 Egyptians, 85 Sudanese, seven Guineans, three Nigerians, and one Bangladeshi.
The breakdown of the total number of deported migrants by nationality is as follows: Egypt accounted for 992 deportees, while a significant number of 5,627 Sudanese were also deported.
Other nationalities included 439 Nigerians, 120 Nigeriens, 31 Ghanaians, 185 Chadians, three Pakistanis, three Algerians, seven Eritreans, two Ethiopians, six Congolese, 60 Guineans, two Malians, 29 Bangladeshis, seven Somalis, one Indian, one Iraqi, two Syrians, and eight Yemenis.
This brings the total number of deported migrants to 7,755, according to the Anti-Illegal Immigration Agency in the Eastern Region of Tobruk.
Previously, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) successfully facilitated the voluntary return of 80,000 migrants to their home countries over the past nine years, in coordination with the Anti-Illegal Immigration Agency.
The IOM reported that 2,733 victims of human trafficking, 843 unaccompanied or separated children, and 5,144 migrants with medical needs benefited from the voluntary return program. The organization has assisted migrants from various African and Asian countries who wished to return to their home countries.
