Reports emerging from Libya indicate that a significant number of Egyptian migrants have been forcibly expelled and made to undertake a challenging journey on foot back to Egypt.

Libyan authorities have conducted raids on people traffickers in the eastern part of the country, resulting in the discovery of approximately 4,000 migrants, as confirmed by a Libyan security source.

However, an Egyptian security source has countered these claims by stating that only those individuals who were residing in Libya illegally, constituting around half of the total number apprehended, were subjected to deportation.

This suggests that the other half had legal status or valid reasons for being in Libya.

Migration agencies estimate that there are approximately half a million migrants currently residing in Libya.

Many of them harbor aspirations of reaching Europe by crossing the Mediterranean Sea, while others have managed to secure employment and establish settled lives within the country.