More than 100 children intercepted off Libyan coast

2021 has been a deadly year for people seeking to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to Europe, and around 1,000 children are currently detained in Libya in connection with migration attempts.
migrants detained by Libyan coast guard
Migrants, including three children, arrive at a naval base in the Libyan capital of Tripoli on March 31, 2021, after the coast guard intercepted an inflatable boat carrying 138 Europe-bound migrants off its west coast. More than half of the migrants, who were taken to a naval base in the capital, Tripoli, were from Sudan, while the rest were from other African countries, the navy added. - MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP via Getty Images
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More than 100 children, most of them without their parents, were intercepted off the coast of Libya this past week, according to the UN body responsible for children. Dangerous overseas migration from Libya to Europe is continuing in 2021. 

“The Central Mediterranean continues to be one of the deadliest and most dangerous migration routes in the world,” UNICEF’s North Africa director Ted Chaiban and Europe director Afshan Khan said in a press release Friday. 

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