The EU delivered two patrol boats to Libya in a ceremony on Thursday (22 June) in the Sicilian city of Messina in the presence of European Commission officials, the Italian authorities, and the Tripoli-based coastguard, according to a press statement on Friday (23 June), Euractiv reported.
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The Anti-Illegal Migration Agency – Benghazi confirmed the deportation of 114 irregular migrants of different nationalities to their countries.
The Libyan Red Crescent has announced the recovery of three unidentified bodies on the beaches of the Tokra area, east of the city of Benghazi, Libyan online media Fawasel Media reports, adding that the recovery took place “in collaboration with the local authorities”.
Libya has prevented 250 irregular migrants from leaving the country, the Libyan Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office said on Sunday.
Spanish charity Open Arms said it rescued 117 migrants on Saturday crowded onto a precarious wooden boat from Libya in the latest such perilous crossing over the Mediterranean sea.
Nine Egyptians have been arrested on suspicion of being people smugglers after the migrant boat disaster off Greece that claimed at least 78 lives, a port source told AFP Thursday.
The U.N. Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) is “concerned about the mass arbitrary arrest of migrants and asylum-seekers across the country”.
The NGO Doctors without Borders (MSF) says the crew of its Geo Barents rescue ship witnessed the Tripoli-based coast guard intercepting 50 migrants on a boat in distress and returning them to Libya.
Nigeria has received a batch of 109 stranded citizens from Tripoli, Libya, the National Emergency Management Agency said on Tuesday.
Italy’s center-right government is again grabbing international headlines by virtue of enforcing its immigration laws.