Cairo (AP) — Last week, more than 160 migrants were drowned in two separate shipwrecks off Libya, UN migrant officials said Tuesday. Another boat carrying at least 210 migrants was intercepted and returned to Libya, she said. According to Msehli, the death killed about 1,500 migrants who drowned this year on the route in the central Mediterranean. According to the IOM, about 31,500 migrants were intercepted and returned to Libya in 2021. UN Commission investigators said in October that migrant abuse and abuse in Libya could lead to crimes against humanity.

Source: Libya Today December 21, 2021 10:56 UTC