Coastguard returns more than 1,000 migrants from sea to Libya

In the latest rescue mission, 155 people - including 18 women and 10 children - were rescued Monday morning near the capital city of Tripoli.
The migrants came from several countries, including Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Sudan as well as Sub-Saharan Africa and Syria, according to Italian media reports.
Libya has been in disarray since the NATO-backed ouster of former leader Moamer Gaddafi in 2011. Lawlessness in the former Italian colony has been a major factor in fuelling the migrant trafficking trade.
Around 114,000 migrants have landed in southern Europe since the start of the year, and about 82 per cent ended up in Italy, according to data from the IOM last month. Nearly all of them set sail from Libya.
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