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The Ministry of Interior of the Presidential Council stated that 21 trainees from the crew of a Libyan Coast Guard boat travelled to Italy on Tuesday for a training course in the field of operation and maintenance of boats.
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The spokesperson of the Libyan Navy, Ayoub Qasim, said that the Coast Guard will receive 12 rubber rescue boats and two larger rescue operation boats from Italy in October within the framework of a joint cooperation to combat illegal imm
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276 illegal immigrants were rescued off the Libyan Garabulli and Al-Khumus coasts, including 29 women and 54 children onboard three boats, Libya's coastguards reported.
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The Libyan Navy said that the Coast Guard of the central branch managed to save 270 illegal immigrants, including 11 children and 80 women, who were found aboard a large wooden boat.
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A Libyan Coast Guard patrol rescued 200 illegal immigrants of different nationalities on board a large wooden boat off the coast of Qarabulli town.
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The Italian Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Danilo Toninelli, said on Tuesday that his country will provide Libya with patrol boats to assist the Libyan Coast Guard in the search and rescue of migrants.
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Libya Coast Guard has rescued more than 800 illegal immigrants in 24 hours, navy official declares.
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The Libyan Navy announced on Sunday that it had rescued 97 illegal migrants from four African nationalities (Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia and Nigeria) off the coast of Libya.
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