20,000 illegal migrants voluntarily deported from Libya by IOM in 2017

Illegal immigrants raise their hands protesting their detention and demanding deportation to Europe at Al Hamra housing center in Gharyan city, Libya, on Feb. 2, 2018. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has deported 20,000 illegal migrants voluntarily from Libya to their countries of origin in 2017. (Xinhua/Hamza Turkia)