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The Italian Prime Minister, Paolo Gentiloni, said that Operation Sofia personnel were able to identify 130 human traffickers in Libya.
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Libya said it has successfully repatriated 1,200 people from various shelters of the Libyan Illegal Immigration Agency in 2017.
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The UNHCR has repatriated 162 highly vulnerable immigrants from Libya to Italy, including unaccompanied children and women who had been in detention centers for extended periods of time.
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The British government said it has allocated 5 million GBP to provide humanitarian support and protection for migrants and refugees in Libya.
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The Foreign Ministry of Presidential Council reiterated that Libya is a transit country for migrants and is affected by various crises, including the shortage of resources required to deal with the migration matter, which led to
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The Italian government said that it had submitted a plan in which the Libyan Coast Guard will take responsibility for intercepting illegal immigrants in about 10 percent of the Mediterranean.
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A Libyan Coast Guard patrol intercepted 262 illegal immigrants off the coast of Garabulli town and Zliten city while in their way to the Italian shores on Saturday.
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The Libyan coastguards said one of the patrols in Al-Khums city in the central branch managed Friday to rescue 110 illegal immigrants from different African countries off the city’s shores.
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