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One illegal immigrant was killed as gunmen attacked a patrol for the Libyan coastguards that had intercepted 570 immigrants off Sabratha shores, Libyan Nay said Saturday.
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The German Foreign Minister, Sigmar Gabriel, arrived on Thursday in Tripoli and met with the Head of the UN-proposed government's Presidential Council, Fayez Al-Sirraj.
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The Libyan-Italian committee for fighting illegal immigration and smuggling agreed last Thursday to form a new joint commission to be tasked with controlling Libya's southern region and stem the influx of illegal immig
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The Head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi called for freeing the asylum seekers who are detained in shelter centers in Libya.
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500 illegal immigrants were rescued off the Libyan coast on Thursday, said the spokesman of the Libyan Navy, Ayoub Qassim, adding that a patrol from the Libyan Coast Guard exchanged fire with smugglers off Matrad town, western Libya.
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The Head of the UN-proposed government's Presidential Council, Fayez Al-Sirraj, met with the Italian Interior Minister, Marco Minniti, in Tripoli on Monday.
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The spokesman of the Libyan Navy, Ayoub Qassim, said the coastguards saved seven illegal immigrants off Maya shores, about 30 kilometers west of Tripoli.
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The municipal council of Sabha in southern Libya slammed International Organization of Migration's report about the existence of modern-day slave market in the city as a shock, expressing bewilderment about such allega
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