ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - At least 12 Kurds who had entered Libya illegally en route to Europe will be returned to the Kurdistan Region, Iraqi and Kurdish officials said on Wednesday.
Ahmed al-Sahaf, chargé d'affaires at the Iraqi diplomatic mission in Tripoli, told Rudaw that their number is 13 people, adding that Baghdad is in contact with the Libyan authorities to repatriate them.
“We will conduct high-level coordination with the security institutions and the relevant authorities from the Government of National Unity in Tripoli in order to ensure their safety and we will work to repatriate them to Iraq voluntarily,” he said.
Srwa Rasool, head of the Kurdistan Region’s Joint Crisis Coordination Centre (JCC), told Rudaw that their number is 12, noting that they have begun procedures and “we will return them within two weeks.