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In their latest rescue operation, Libya's Coast Guard picked up on Thursday around 96 illegal immigrants who packed themselves on board a small rubber boat hoping to reach Europe.
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The Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah and Italian Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese reiterated in a meeting in Tripoli on Wednesday that the two countries need to activate cooperation in immigration issues.
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The Libyan Coast Guard has rescued 68 illegal migrants of several nationalities, in a response to a distress call.
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The African Union (AU) Commission calls on Member States to expedite the evacuation and return of their respective stranded citizens in Libya after the death of 57 of African nationals off the coast of Al-Khums in Liby
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The Tunisian mission in Libya supervised on Tuesday the deportation of 27 young Tunisians who were detained recently having participated in an illegal immigration process and were subsequently held in a detention center in the c
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At least 57 illegal immigrants drowned when their boat capsized off the Libyan coast, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) confirmed on Monday.
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The Libyan naval forces successfully rescued 182 immigrants of varying nationalities off the Libyan coast, whilst they attempted to make their way to European shores on a rubber dinghy.
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The African Union, European Union, and United Nations (AU-EU-UN) Task Force on Libya said in a joint statement that they were very concerned about recent developments regarding the situation of immigrants and ref
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