Libyan coast guard intercepted 200 Europe-bound persons in the past week

Almost 200 Europe-bound migrants, including women and children, have been intercepted off Libya’s Mediterranean coast this week.

The country’s coast guard said 39 people in two boats were stopped on Wednesday.

Another 17 in a vessel were intercepted on Thursday, while on Friday, more than 143 migrants in two boats were prevented from continuing their journey.

The group consisted mainly of people from Africa, except eight were from Bangladesh.

They received humanitarian and medical aid and then taken to refugee camps in Tripoli.

Via Libya Report 

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