The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) rescued  90 illegal migrants have been rescued off the Libyan coast. UNHCR on Friday said that more than 90 illegal migrants have been rescued off the Libyan coast.

UNHCR took to Twitter and wrote, "93 persons were brought back to Libya overnight by Libyan Coast Guard. The UN agency further wrote,"Our teams were at the disembarkation point to provide urgent medical aid and humanitarian assistance to all survivors."The UN further added that 21 refugees were resettled this week from Libya to Canada with support from the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

Due to insecurity and chaos in the North African nation after the fall of former leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, thousands of illegal immigrants, mostly Africans, choose to cross the Mediterranean from Libya towards Europe. As per IOM, over 2,000 illegal migrants have been rescued off the Libyan coast so far in 2021.

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