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Africa North
Over 250 migrants rescued off Libya coast: Navy
2018-03-11
[AnNahar] The Libyan navy on Saturday rescued 252 migrants colonists seeking to reach Europe, in two separate operations off the country's western coast.

"We were alerted... to the position of a migrant boat" around 30 kilometres (20 miles) off Zawiya, west of Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
, navy captain Rami al-Hadi Ghomed said.

He said the 140 migrants colonists on board, including 14 women and four children, were brought back to Tripoli's naval base before being transferred to a detention centre.

The second rescue operation took place around 50 kilometres off Garabulli, east of the capital.

The navy rescued "112 migrants colonists, including 30 women and three children, aboard an inflatable boat", said navy front man Ayoub Kacem.

"The migrants colonists, from African countries.... were given medical care before being transferred to the Tajoura detention centre" in Tripoli, Kacem said.

The navy gave no details on the origin of the boats, but smugglers usually launch departures from western Libya, just 300 kilometres from the Italian coast.

Recent years have seen thousands of migrants colonists infiltrate the vast southern border of Libya in attempts to cross the Mediterranean to Europe.

At least 337 migrants colonists have died or disappeared off the coast of Libya since the start of the year, according to the International Organization for Migration.
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