Libya rapatriates 263 “criminals” to Sudan for revolution anniversary

KHARTOUM, Sept 1 (AFP) — Libya has pardoned and rapatriated 263 Sudanese prisoners on the occasion of the 34th anniversary of the Libyan revolution, Sudanese police said.

A special Libyan plane brought the former prisoners to Khartoum late on Sunday, the police public affairs office said in a statement. It did not specify what crimes they had been convicted of.

The Sudanese government is in contact with the Libyan authorities to secure the repatration of the remaining Sudanese nationals in its jails, the statement added, whithout specifying their number.

Libya is a magnet for Sub-Saharan Africans who use its territory as a staging post on the way to Europe across the Mediterranean.