(They were forced to by a STAUNCH ITALIAN STAND! Now deport em all from Europe!- CDH)- UN increases in migrant returns from Libya

By Aidan Lewis
ReutersDecember 6, 2017

By Aidan Lewis

TUNIS (Reuters) - The United Nations migration agency is stepping up the rate at which it flies migrants home from Libya, aiming to evacuate up to 15,000 in the final month of the year.

The acceleration of returns is an attempt to ease severe overcrowding in detention centres, where numbers swelled after boat departures for Italy from the smuggling hub of Sabratha were largely blocked this year.


It also followed a CNN report showing migrants being sold for slave labour in Libya, sparking an international outcry and calls for migrants to be given safe passage from the country.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has already flown back more than 14,500 migrants to their countries of origin so far this year as part of its voluntary returns programme. Nigeria, Guinea, Gambia, Mali and Senegal have seen the highest numbers of returns. https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-n-pushing-sharp-increase-migrant-returns-libya-064538966.html