Rwanda receives 164 asylum seekers evacuated from Libya


KIGALI, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Rwanda, in partnership with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), received 164 asylum seekers evacuated from Libya on Wednesday, according to the Rwandan Ministry in charge of Emergency Management.

The latest group brings the total number of people evacuated to Rwanda since 2019 to 2,924, of whom 2,585 have already been resettled in third countries, data from the UNHCR showed.

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