Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday said the government would bring back Bangladeshis who were detained by Libyan security forces off the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
He said this while responding to a question at his office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the capital, reports UNB.
Though the media reported that over 500 Bangladeshis have been detained, Dr Momen, however, did not disclose the exact number.
They were detained on Saturday while preparing to cross over to Europe from Libya's capital Tripoli.
Meanwhile, Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen said that the detainees had been kept at a safe home.
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“Our ambassador will take help of the IOM and others to bring them back,” he told reporters at the ministry, adding that Bangladesh arranged the return of over 1,000 people in the last one year.
Bangladesh Ambassador to Libya Maj Gen SM Shamim Uz Zaman and his team are in touch with the Libyan authorities to rescue all of them, according to the minister.
Earlier, local media “The Libya Observer” tweeted claiming that security forces in Misrata detained more than 600 Bangladeshi migrants who were preparing to cross the Mediterranean Sea to the EU shores.
Dr Momen mentioned that many returned after being detained there, and laid emphasis on mass awareness to avoid repetition of such incidents.
