700,000 illegal migrants are now in Libya: official

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Sat, 23 Dec 2017 - 04:43 GMT

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MENA

Sat, 23 Dec 2017 - 04:43 GMT

Migrants are seen on a capsizing boat before a rescue operation by Italian navy ships "Bettica" and "Bergamini" (unseen) off the coast of Libya in this handout picture released by the Italian Marina Militare on May 25, 2016. Marina Militare/Handout via RE

Migrants are seen on a capsizing boat before a rescue operation by Italian navy ships "Bettica" and "Bergamini" (unseen) off the coast of Libya in this handout picture released by the Italian Marina Militare on May 25, 2016. Marina Militare/Handout via RE

TRIPOLI– 23 December 2017: The media advisor of Libyan Anti-Illegal Immigration Authority (AIIA) Milad al Saadi stressed there are now about 700,000 illegal migrants in the country.

All the illegal migrants aspire to reach Europe at any expense, Russia Today news channel quoted Saadi as saying.

He underlined that the Libyan authorities managed to deport 13,000 illegal migrants in cooperation with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) since the beginning of this year.

The Arab and African countries are the most to cooperate with the AIIA, Saadi reiterated, adding that 265 migrants will be deported to Morocco next week in coordination with the kingdom's authorities.

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