Within three days, Libya’s coast guard intercepted 935 migrants in the Mediterranean and returned them to Libya, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
From Sunday until Tuesday this week, a total of 935 migrants who tried to cross the Mediterranean Sea toward Europe from Libya were intercepted by Libya’s coast guard and returned to the north African country, located some 300 kilometers (185 miles) from the Italian coast.
On Sunday (November 1), the Libyan navy recovered 144 migrants in the Mediterranean. The next day, 413 people were intercepted and returned to Libya, according to IOM. And on Tuesday, the same happened to another 378.