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The UNHCR has repatriated 162 highly vulnerable immigrants from Libya to Italy, including unaccompanied children and women who had been in detention centers for extended periods of time.
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The British government said it has allocated 5 million GBP to provide humanitarian support and protection for migrants and refugees in Libya.
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The Foreign Ministry of Presidential Council reiterated that Libya is a transit country for migrants and is affected by various crises, including the shortage of resources required to deal with the migration matter, which led to
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The Italian government said that it had submitted a plan in which the Libyan Coast Guard will take responsibility for intercepting illegal immigrants in about 10 percent of the Mediterranean.
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A Libyan Coast Guard patrol intercepted 262 illegal immigrants off the coast of Garabulli town and Zliten city while in their way to the Italian shores on Saturday.
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The Libyan coastguards said one of the patrols in Al-Khums city in the central branch managed Friday to rescue 110 illegal immigrants from different African countries off the city’s shores.
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The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, announced Thursday that the European Union will deport 15.000 African illegal immigrants from Libya in two months, adding
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A Libyan Coast Guard patrol has intercepted Wednesday a group of illegal immigrants from African nationalities off the coast of Garabulli town, east of Tripoli.
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