First Batch of Refugees Evacuated From Libya to Rwanda.
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Tripoli, 30 September 2019(Lana) The UN High Commission for
Refugees UNHCR has announced that a first batch of refugees has been
evacuated from Libya to Rwanda, as part of an agreement with the
latter, to transfer thousands of stranded refugees from Libya.
UNHCR Office in Libya said in a statement 'the evacuated group
included 66 of the most vulnerable refugees, who were transported
from Libya to Rwanda on board a chartered plane by UNHCR.
'The evacuated refugees included 26 children, almost all of them
were on their own, unaccompanied by any family member or one of their
parents, the statement said.
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