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World NewsJanuary 8, 2020 / 11:28 AM / Updated 3 hours agoNorway to take 600 Libya evacuees from Rwanda campKIGALI/OSLO (Reuters) - Norway this year will take in 600 people evacuated to Rwanda from Libyan detention centers, the Nordic country said on Wednesday as it sought to discourage the smuggling of refugees across the Mediterranean Sea. Rwanda, from where more than 2 million people were displaced amid genocide in 1994, signed a deal with the United Nations in September meant to help resettle people detained in Libya while trying to reach Europe.The migrants evacuated to Rwanda have been given asylum-seeker status there while the U.N refugee agency determines whether they are refugees. Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-libya-refugees-rwanda-norway/norway-to-take-600-libya-evacuees-from-rwanda-camp-idUSKBN1Z72IJ