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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Spokesman Charlie Yaxley stressed at a news conference in Geneva on Tuesday that people rescued in international waters should not be returned to Libya where conditions a
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The Libyan Naval Force said Sunday that it had received the Italian boat Fezzan in Abu Sitta Naval Base in Tripoli with 14 Libyan personnel on board.
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The Libyan Navy has rescued 114 illegal immigrants in two separate operations off the shores of Khoms city, east of Tripoli, the spokesman for the Libyan Navy, Brigadier General Ayoub Qasim said Saturday.
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The UNHCR said that the Libyan Coast Guard has rescued 14,000 migrants in 104 operations since the beginning of this year.
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The Libyan Interior Ministry said it had opened a probe for the allegations reported by the BBC in which Libyan coastguards and police were accused of illegal practices.
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The Libyan Coast Guard has rescued 116 illegal immigrants, including 12 women and one child, north of the city of Zuwara, west of Tripoli, according to the Spokesman of the Libyan Navy Ayoub Qasim.
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The Libyan Navy has rescued 235 illegal immigrants of different nationalities in three separate operations in the west of the country.
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The Libyan Coast Guard rescued 57 illegal immigrants 60 miles off the city of Zuwara on Sunday, the Information Office of the Libyan Navy confirmed.
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