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132 asylum seekers in Rwanda after evacuation from Libya: UNCHR

According to reports with this evacuation the UNCHR has helped 8,296 vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers on flights out of Libya since 2017 [UNCHR Twitter image]

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said it has evacuated a group of 132 vulnerable asylum seekers out of Libya to Rwanda.

“The group includes children and survivors of violence and torture,” the agency said in a statement released on social media on Wednesday.

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