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Libya deports 602 Chadian migrants from Kufra, continues Benghazi raids
The Kufra branch of Libya’s agency combating illegal migration announced the deportation of 602 Chadian migrants, while the agency’s headquarters in Benghazi deported 253 migrants from African countries and detained 288 others in separate operations in eastern Libya.
The Kufra branch of Libya’s agency combating illegal migration deported 602 Chadian nationals from the southeastern Libyan city, Libyan outlet Al Wasat reported on Wednesday, November 11.
The operation came less than a week after another 165 Chadian migrants, including women and children, were deported from Kufra. Al Wasat and Libya Akhbar reported that the deportations were part of an ongoing campaign by authorities in eastern Libya against irregular migration.
Kufra lies near the borders with Chad and Sudan. Migrants from other cities are taken to its shelter in preparation for their overland return to their countries, as happened with previous groups of Chadian and Sudanese migrants this year.
253 deported and 288 detained in eastern Libya
In Benghazi, the agency’s headquarters announced on November 10 that it had deported 253 migrants “of various African nationalities, including people suffering from infectious diseases and those wanted for security reasons,” after “completing the necessary legal and security procedures.” Migrant News quoted posts by the agency.
The agency detained 288 migrants in separate operations: 120 people of Bangladeshi, Egyptian, Sudanese and other African nationalities in the Umm al-Quram area east of Derna, after a secret facility used to smuggle migrants was discovered; 153 near the former Jalaa Camp in an operation carried out by the Al Butnan branch; and 15 Chadian and Egyptian migrants in the Al-Sahil municipality in Jabal al-Akhdar. Days earlier, 13 Algerians and 33 Egyptians were deported through the Emsaed land crossing.
Clearance of “unregulated shelter sites”
The agency, headed by Major General Mubarak Mustafa Bouharara, said it was continuing field operations in several residential neighborhoods in Benghazi to clear homes and locations “rented randomly and illegally” and apprehend the migrants inside them. The operations are being carried out under directives from National Army Deputy Commander-in-Chief Field Marshal Saddam Haftar, according to Asharq Al-Awsat.
The agency said the sites lacked the most basic health facilities and were overcrowded with men, women and children. It added that those detained were being referred to the Greater Benghazi Shelter and Deportation Center “to complete legal and health procedures,” affirming that the campaigns would continue “firmly” while “taking humanitarian considerations into account.” Al Wasat also reported that 18 Sudanese migrants were detained in Emsaed.
According to the latest estimates by the International Organization for Migration, around 950,000 migrants live in Libya. The campaign coincides with a rise in the number of people arriving on the Greek island of Crete from eastern Libya. More than 22,000 people have arrived since the beginning of the year, according to Greek Migration Minister Thanos Plevris.
Photos: Libya’s agency combating illegal migration via Asharq Al-Awsat and Migrant News; NASA
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