The Anti-Illegal Migration Agency – Benghazi confirmed the deportation of 114 irregular migrants of different nationalities to their countries. The migrants deported are from Sudan and Chad, the Agency said in a statement. Among the deportees were 5 people with various diseases, including a woman and her husband who had AIDS, according to the statement. The migrants were handed over to the Al-Kufra Detention Center in preparation for the deportation.
On a different level, a vessel left from Sfax in Tunisia and was carrying 46 migrants from Cameroon, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast, Flavio Di Giacomo, a spokesman for the UN migration agency IOM, said. The boat capsized in strong winds and high waves, he said. “Some survivors were taken to Lampedusa and others were brought back to Tunisia”. The shipwreck took place on Thursday, July 22 and at least one newborn baby is among those missing.
