Mauritania dismantled nearly 150 migrant smuggling networks in 2024
Mauritania shut down nearly 150 migrant smuggling networks in 2024, with dozens more disrupted in just the first few months
A mass grave containing "at least 65 migrants' bodies" was discovered in southwest Libya this week, according to the UN migration agency.
A spokesman for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) told AFP the
mass grave was uncovered by Libyan security forces.
The IOM said it was "profoundly shocked and alarmed". It added that the
circumstances of the deaths "remains unknown".
"But it is believed that they died in the process of being smuggled through
the desert," the agency said in a statement.
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