Over 1,000 illicit migrants sent back to Libya

(MENAFN) Over 1,000 illicit migrants were sent back to Libya, stated the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Sunday, Jun. 13. The UNHCR previously on Sunday posted on Twitter: "record number in returns of refugees and migrants to Libya today. Over 1,000 persons were returned in two operations in Zawiya and three others in Tripoli." The UNHCR noted: "UNHCR & IRC have provided medical aid, food and water to all survivors before being taken to detention by the authorities." The IRC is an abbreviation for the International Rescue Committee, a non-profit organization in the country�s capital Tripoli. The country has been inundated by a state of insecurity and disorder since the fall of its leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, turning it into a favored point of departure for illicit migrants who seek to traverse the Mediterranean Sea to European coasts.