Libya rescues another round of migrants off boats

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NEW YORK, 13 February, 2021 (TON): International Rescue Committee said that more than 1500 would be migrants have been rescued by the Libya off its west coast in the past week.

"The Libyan coastguard has conducted several rescue operations from a week ago until (Wednesday) and rescued about 1,500 people," Adel al-Idrissi from the International Rescue Committee told.

About 240 migrants were rescued from the two boats off the port city of Al-Khums on Wednesday, said Lieutenant-Colonel Mohammed Abdel Aali of the coastguard.

"We encountered difficulties in getting the (migrants from the first boat) on board," but the second group "showed less opposition," he said.

The country of Libya remains an important transit point for the migrants in escaping instability in other parts of Africa and the middle east and approaching Europe.

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