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*During the Second World War, Libya was an area of warfare in the North African Campaign. The '''Italian population then went into decline'''. | *During the Second World War, Libya was an area of warfare in the North African Campaign. The '''Italian population then went into decline'''. | ||
*Libya became independent as a kingdom in 1951. | *Libya became independent as a kingdom in 1951. | ||
*Historically, Libya has been a host state for millions of '''low- and high-skilled Egyptian migrants''', in particular.<ref>"Libya", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libya, accessed August 2021.</ref> | *Historically, Libya has been a host state for millions of '''low- and high-skilled Egyptian migrants''', in particular. | ||
*In the 2006 census, around 359,540 foreign nationals were resident in Libya out of a population of over 5.5 million (6.35% of the population). Almost half of these were '''Egyptians, followed by Sudanese and Palestinian immigrants'''.<ref>"Libya", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libya, accessed August 2021.</ref> | |||
==Emigration From Libya== | ==Emigration From Libya== | ||