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Libya migrants
Italy arrests five men over Libya migrant shipwreck
Italian police have arrested five men accused of multiple murders and human trafficking following a deadly shipwreck off the coast of Libya which left...
Hopes fade for survivors in Libya boat tragedy with 200 now feared dead
Hopes faded of finding survivors of the latest Mediterranean boat tragedy, in which an estimated 200 migrants drowned, on Thursday as rescue ships were...
Scores of migrants feared dead after fishing boat capsizes off Libya
Scores of migrants trying to reach mainland Europe are feared to have drowned off Libya, Italy’s coastguard has said.
Libya rejects EU migrant plan, says not asked
Libya’s ambassador to the United Nations is largely rejecting a European Union plan to fight the growing migrant crisis that is centered in his crumbling...
Italy fights armed smugglers to rescue more than 2,000 Libyan migrants
Four smugglers brandishing Kalashnikovs threatened an Italian Coast Guard motorboat involved in one of several operations that rescued more than 2,000...
Italy rescues more than 2,000 migrants off Libyan coast
The Italian coastguard launched a massive operation Sunday to rescue more than 2,000 migrants in difficulty between the Italian island of Lampedusa and...
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