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The Libyan coastguards rescued 291 illegal immigrants of different nationalities as they were making a perilous journey to Europe on a dinghy off Al-Zawiya shores after receiving a distress call from north of the city.
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The mayor of Mazara del Vallo, Salvatore Quinci, urged the Italian government to find solutions to fishing activities in the Mediterranean with the Libyan government after a Sicilian fisherman was allegedly shot after
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The Italian Foreign Minister, Luigi Di Maio said that the Libyan Coast Guard firing warning shots at shoulder level is totally unacceptable, regardless of whether Italian fishing boats passed beyond international waters.
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The Libyan navy spokesman, Masoud Ibrahim, has denied the firing at Italian fishing boats, which entered Libyan territorial waters.
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The Libyan Coast Guard and the Libyan Port Security rescued 172 migrants of various African nationalities north of Zawiya.
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Members of the Coast Guard and Port Security Agency, on Friday, rescued 334 migrants of varying African nationalities.
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The Maltese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Evarist Bartolo, has warned that Libya, independently, is incapable of dealing with the vast number of migrant shipwrecks, following a devastating incident two days ago in which
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The spokesman for the Libyan Navy, Masoud Abdelsamad, denied that the coastguards stood idly by or did less than its best to rescue the Italy-bound immigrants who drowned off the Libyan coast this week.
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