Libya: Rwanda Receives Over 170 Asylum Seekers From Libya

Rwandan authorities on Wednesday, June 17, received 173 asylum seekers evacuated from Libya under the Emergency Transit Mechanism (ETM).

According to the Ministry in Charge of Emergency Management (MINEMA), the group comprises 85 Sudanese, 66 Eritreans, seven Ethiopians, 12 South Sudanese, and two Somali nationals.

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The asylum seekers were received in partnership with the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR).

More than 3,000 refugees and…