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Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani described the agreement to deliver five ships to Libya, funded by the European Union (EU), as the right option to address the immigration problem, according to Nova news agency.
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Doctors Without Borders said on Wednesday that its rescue teams picked up 61 irregular migrants off the Libyan coast.
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An Italian Coast Guard official said that 2022 witnessed the arrival of 53,000 illegal immigrants via the Mediterranean from Libya, which was an increase of 70%.
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The former Italian parliament member, Giuliano Pisapia, called for appointing a permanent European representative in Libya, urging for putting pressure on the Libyan authorities to close migrant detention centers and abide by hu
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The European Union's Frontex agency said that the number of attempts by immigrants to enter the European Union states without a permit amounted last year to about 330,000 attempts.
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Two human rights organizations have rescued about 110 illegal migrants off the Libyan coast in two separate operations.
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Italian sources said that Rome had recently sent an important security delegation to Tripoli, led by police chiefs, to meet with the Interior Minister-designate of the Government of National Unity, Emad Al-Trabelsi, to pave the
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Libya's Coast Guard has interception a vessel carrying around 700 migrants off the eastern coast of Libya in one of the largest operations in recent months targeting migrants destined for Europe.
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