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Libya intercepts 117 Europe-bound migrants
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Libya’s coasties on Tuesday intercepted 117 migrants colonists on a boat bound for Europe, including six pregnant women, before taking them back ashore, an official said.

The group had set out from a beach near Garabulli, a town about 60 km (40 miles) to the east 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...
, said Col. Ashraf al-Badri.

More than 10,000 people have died crossing the Mediterranean to Europe since 2014, the United Nations
...an organization which on balance has done more bad than good, with the good not done well and the bad done thoroughly...
 said on Tuesday, as the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
 unveiled fresh plans to stem the migrant flow from Africa.

Those intercepted on Tuesday were received by medics in Tripoli, before they were taken to accommodations in the center of the Libyan capital.

"The 117 migrants colonists, including six pregnant women, were intercepted off Garabulli and brought to a port in Tripoli by the coasties’s speedboats," Badri told AFP.

Badri did not disclose their nationality, but an AFP photographer said most were of African origin.

Posted by: Fred 2016-06-09
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