On Thursday the Libyan Coast Guard announced that it had picked up 493 migrants on six inflatable boats in six operations in a week in areas northeast and northwest of Tripoli, the capital.
The migrants, including 28 women and five children, come from sub-Saharan, Arab and Asian countries.
File Photo : EPA/STR A spokesman for the Coast Guard said that the migrants were all moved to detention centres run by the U.N.-backed Government of National Accord.
The migrants were taken to various detention centres close to Tripoli.
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