Libya sends illegal migrants home to Egypt and Nigeria

Libya on Tuesday repatriated nearly 1,000 migrants from Egypt and Nigeria who had been staying in the North African country illegally, officials and AFP journalists said.According to International Organization for Migration figures, there were more than 700,000 migrants -- mostly from Niger and Egypt -- in Libya between May and June this year.
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