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Africa North
Libyan coast guard intercepts some 100 Europe-bound migrants
2019-06-07
[AlArabiya] Libya’s coasties says it has intercepted a boat carrying nearly 100 Europe-bound migrants colonists, including women and kiddies, off the country’s Mediterranean coast.

Spokesman Ayoub Gassim said Tuesday that the rubber vessel had 92 African and Bengali migrants colonists, including 11 women and four children. They were intercepted Monday off the coast of the western town of Garaboli, 60 kilometers east of the capital, 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...
He says the migrants colonists were given humanitarian and medical aid and then taken to a refugee camp in the Tajoura district of eastern Tripoli.

Libya became a major conduit for African migrants colonists and refugees fleeing to Europe
...also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
after the 2011 uprising that ousted and killed longtime ruler Muammar Qadaffy
...who single-handedly turned a moderately prosperous kingdom into a dictator's fantasyland and was then murdered by his indignant subjects 42 years later...
Libyan authorities have stepped up efforts to stem the flow of migrants colonists, with European assistance.
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