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| Libya uses tear gas, rubber bullets to force migrants off ship |
| 2018-11-21 |
| [Al Jazeera] Libyan authorities have used rubber bullets and tear gas to forcibly disembark more than 90 refugees and The Panama-flagged ship rescued them off the Libyan coast 10 days ago, as their boat began sinking, and brought them to Misrata. Once there, 14 disembarked willingly but, in the first documented case of its kind, the other 92 refused to leave. "A joint force raided the fat merchantman and used rubber bullets and tear gas to force [them off the ship]," the commander of the central region coastguards, Tawfiq Esskair, told the Rooters news agency by phone on Tuesday. Some of those on board were maimed during disembarkation but were now "in good condition" after treatment in hospital, and all had been taken to a detention centre in the city, said Esskair. |
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