TRIPOLI: Around 1,200 stranded migrants in the besieged city of Libya were rescued by the International Organization for Migration . The group chartered a boat to pluck them from the war-torn...
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April 16, 2011
TRIPOLI: Around 1,200 stranded migrants in the besieged city of Libya were rescued by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The group chartered a boat to pluck them from the war-torn Misrata and deliver them to the Libyan rebel stronghold of Benghazi.
The aid group said the migrants were from various nations including Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Iraq and others.
The migrants are living in the open around the Misrata port without adequate food or medical care as the city came under regular fire.