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A group of African immigrants have been brutally killed by human smugglers in the western city of Sabratha, sources say.
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A patrol for the Libyan Coast Guard has saved 185 illegal migrants onboard a big dinghy off northern Sabratha shores.
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Libya and Italy have agreed to form a joint operations chamber that will be tasked with information exchange regarding illegal immigrants.
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The Head of the UN-proposed government’s Presidential Council (PC) Fayez Al-Sirraj signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Italian Premier, Paolo Gentiloni, in Rome last Thursday.
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The spokesman for the Libyan Navy, Ayoub Qasim, said the Libyan coastguards rescued more than 1200 illegal immigrants off Sabratha shores in a week.
Amid rough seas and bad weather condition that hit the capital on Friday, two Libyan nationals risked their lives to rescue a group of illegal migrants off the coast of Janzour, the western suburb of Tripoli.
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An inflatable boat carrying 126 African immigrants capsized off the coast of Libya on Wednesday leaving 97 immigrants dead, the country's Coast Guard has reported.
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An EU-bound boat carrying two Libyan families has capsized off Sabratha coast killing all on board, local authorities have reported.
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