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| Italy says migrants hijacked rescue tanker off Libya, EU ends naval ops | |
| 2019-03-28 | |
| [IsraelTimes] A tanker that picked up The Palau-flagged tanker Elhiblu I picked up the ...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... But six nautical miles from port the ship suddenly changed course heading north, and is now halfway between Tripoli and Malta, according to Salvini. "They’re not shipwrecked, they’re pirates!" Salvini tweets, promising that they would not be allowed to disembark in Italia.
EU Suspends Naval Missions in Libya Migrant Rescue Operation [AnNahar] The EU on Wednesday suspended ship patrols that have rescued tens of thousands of migrants since 2015 in the Mediterranean and brought them to Italy, after deep resistance by populist-led Rome. European Union diplomats agreed that the operation would be officially extended six months beyond its March 31 expiry date, but no longer deploy ships and instead rely on air missions and coordination with Libya. "Member States have decided to extend the mandate of Operation Sophia for six months with a temporary suspension of its naval assets while Member States continue working on a solution related to disembarkation," an EU official said in a statement. | |
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