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Why Somali Migrants May Still Aim for US Despite Travel Restrictions
Libya plans two weekly repatriation flights this month amid EU pressure, with 25,000 migrants intercepted and returned this year, officials said.
- This month, Interior Minister Imad Trabelsi announced a major ramp-up in deportations and unveiled a repatriation programme with two flights per week scheduled this month from Tripoli, Libya.
- European nations have stepped up efforts to stop migrant arrivals, as three million irregular migrants have passed through Libya in the last 15 years with Italy just 300 kilometres away.
- Recently repatriated Somali migrant Mohamed Abdi Awale endured a more than 5,000-kilometer journey, was detained in Libya, and his family raised $17,000 to secure his release, showing resilience.
- According to the International Organization for Migration, 25,000 migrants have been intercepted and returned to Libya this year, while Libyan authorities continue hosting hundreds of thousands of Sudanese refugees with access to healthcare and education.
- U.S. President Donald Trump changed immigration rules this year by banning travel from Somalia, yet Mohamed Abdi Awale remains determined to seek the U.S. despite paused applications by the White House.
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Why Somali migrants may still aim for US despite travel restrictions
Somalia's international airport was filled with anticipation on a recent morning as 165 migrants were repatriated from Libya. Mohamed Abdi Awale was among them.
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