200 migrants rescued off Libya coast

BY Libyan Express Jun 27, 2018 - 16:24

33% less migrants arrived to Italy in 2017 (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

Libya’s coast guard says it has intercepted 200 African migrants in the Mediterranean Sea.

Spokesman Ayoub Qassim said late Tuesday a wooden boat was stopped off the eastern coast of the capital, Tripoli.

Libya’s coast guard has rescued more than 1,100 migrants this week, including dozens of women and children.

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