Eastern Libyan forces have expelled thousands of Egyptians who were in Libya illegally in recent days, deporting them to Egypt on foot across the land border, an Egyptian security source and an eastern Libyan security source said.
The Libyan security source said 4,000 migrants had been found during raids on people traffickers following a shootout between security forces and smugglers and they were all deported.
When they were deported, they were taken to a location close to the border and then walked about 2 km into Egypt, the Egyptian security source said. The number of migrants crossing to Europe from Libya has sharply increased this year according to Italy, the destination for most of the boats.Libya has had little peace or security since a NATO-backed uprising in 2011 and many migrants have faced violence and abuse at the hands of people traffickers and other armed groups.
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