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Italian Deputy Prime Minister/ Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, has stressed the need for a stronger hand from the EU to eliminate immigration flows, especially those departing from Libya and Tunisia.
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Libya's Coast Guard has floated two vessels in Tripoli's harbour basin as the two boats will join the coastal security fleet in the search and rescue operations at sea.
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Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani described the agreement to deliver five ships to Libya, funded by the European Union (EU), as the right option to address the immigration problem, according to Nova news agency.
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Libya's Coast Guard has interception a vessel carrying around 700 migrants off the eastern coast of Libya in one of the largest operations in recent months targeting migrants destined for Europe.
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has revealed that the Libyan Coast Guard has intercepted 23,000 illegal immigrants since the beginning of the year until now.
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The Italian Senate’s Foreign Affairs and Defence Committees have passed a decree to refinance the Libyan Coast Guard for another six months with 11 million and 884 euros.
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A joint patrol of the Naval Special Forces, the Coast Guard, and Port Security in the Zawiya Refinery has rescued 12 irregular migrants from the sea after eight days of being stranded.
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The Libyan Coast Guard has rescued 95 migrants of different nationalities who were on their way to European shores, on a wooden boat, according to the General Staff of Naval Forces.
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