August 11, 2023 7:47 PM

Tunisia transfers migrants to southeast; Libya transfers migrants to shelters in capital, Tripoli

Tunisia took 126 of the migrants, including 45 women and eight children, and transferred them to two towns in the southeast, an operation coordinated by the Tunisian Red Crescent and the Organization for Migration, the Interior Ministry said. On the Libyan side, Ahmed Hamza, chairman of the National Human Rights Committee in Libya, a local rights group, said 150 migrants were transferred by Libyan border guards to shelters in the capital, Tripoli. Both countries confirmed the border area ha...