Tripoli, Oct 9, 2025 (AFP) - 152 Syrians flown home from Libya: UN migration agency

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2025-10-09

The United Nations' migration agency on Thursday said it had flown home 152 Syrians from Libya, in the first such flight from the North African country this year. The International Organization for Migration "on Wednesday facilitated the voluntary return of 152 Syrians in vulnerable situations from Libya to Damascus", the agency said in a statement. This marked "the first Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) flight to Syria organized by IOM since......

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