Over Forty Migrants Saved Off Libya’s Tobruk Coast
(MENAFN) A total of 45 undocumented migrants were rescued off the coast of the eastern Libyan city of Tobruk, a Libyan newspaper reported Saturday.
The migrants, comprising 23 Egyptian nationals and 22 Sudanese nationals aboard a rubber boat, were intercepted by the Libyan Coast Guard approximately 222.2 km north of Tobruk, the newspaper reported.
The newspaper reported that the migrants were provided with essential medical and humanitarian aid before being sent to a detention center to undergo legal processing.
Libya has long served as a critical transit point for migrants attempting to reach Europe following the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that ousted Muammar Gaddafi. Smuggling networks have flourished amid ongoing political fragmentation and insecurity, leaving migrants vulnerable to repeated shipwrecks in the Mediterranean.
The country remains divided between the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity and an eastern administration aligned with Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army.
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