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UN: Libya-to-Egypt exodus topped 3,800 Saturday

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More than 3,800 refugees crossed into Egypt from Libya on Saturday, up about 70 percent on the numbers seen in recent days, according to UN officials.

 

Citing figures provided by Egyptian authorities, a spokeswoman for the United Nations' International Organization for Migration (IOM) said 3,843 peopled had crossed the border by midnight, with 2,320 of them of Libyan nationality. (Reuters)

 

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