US EditionLibya Rescues 45 Migrants From Rubber Boat North of Tobruk
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45 undocumented migrants rescued off Libya's coast
A total of 45 undocumented migrants were rescued off the coast of the eastern Libyan city of Tobruk, Libyan newspaper Al-Watan reported Saturday, said Xinhua. The migrants, identified as 23 Egyptian nationals and 22 Sudanese nationals on a rubber boat, were rescued by the Libyan Coast Guard about 222.2 km north of Tobruk, Al-Watan reported. They received necessary medical and humanitarian assistance, and were then referred to a detention center …
Libya Rescues 45 Migrants North of Tobruk
The Libyan Coast Guard, operating under the General Command, rescued 45 irregular migrants who were stranded aboard a rubber boat approximately 120 nautical miles north of Tobruk. According to a statement from the Coast Guard, the rescued migrants were of mixed nationalities, including 23 Egyptians and 22 Sudanese. The rescue operation was carried out after the patrol units detected the distressed vessel in international waters north of the east…
Mediterranea responded to a May Day by the EU border control agency, but it was preceded by Libyan patrol boats. “They told us that they had been 'rescued by the Libyan coast guard',” says the activist Castiglione, “but rescue cannot be called, because the so-called Libyan coast guard captures and deports.”
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