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    Some 1,600 migrants rescued from Mediterranean in two days

    Some 1,600 migrants rescued from Mediterranean in two days

    More migrants attempting to reach Europe by crossing the Mediterranean have been taken aboard rescue ships, aid organizations said. The rescues come as EU leaders adopt controversial measures in cooperation with Libya.



    Aid organizations on Saturday rescued 300 people from waters in the Strait of Sicily after some 1,300 refugees and migrants were saved off the Libyan coast the day before, the Italian news agency Ansa reported.

    The Italian coast guard confirmed the number of those rescued on Saturday, saying they had been on board two rubber dinghies and a punt.




    Doctors Without Borders (MSF), which was involved in several of the 13 separate operations on Friday, wrote on Twitter of an "absolute nightmare."

    Dangerous route

    Another 1,300 people were rescued on Wednesday.

    The sea crossing from Libya across the Mediterranean to Italy is currently the main route to Europe for migrants.

    More than 5,000 are believed to have drowned attempting the crossing in 2016, with many consigned to flimsy and often overfilled boats run by people smugglers.

    A record 181,000 people made the journey last year.

    Controversial cooperation

    The latest rescues come a day after European Union leaders meeting in Malta adopted a number of plans in cooperation with Libya aimed at cutting the number of migrants attempting the sometimes perilous sea crossing from Africa to Europe.

    Among other things, they agreed to give financial aid to the Libyan coast guard to help it intercept boats shortly after they set off. They also intend to set up "safe" refugee camps in Libya.

    The proposed measures have met with criticism from rights groups, who say cooperation with Libya is dangerous for migrants owing to the country's fragile security situation and record of violent conflict.

    MSF was among those to slam the plans forged at the Malta summit.




    Since longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi was ousted and killed in 2011, Libya has remained divided between militias. It currently has a UN-backed Tripoli-based government that controls only sections of the country's vast coastline.


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    When will Italy, Greece, EU TURN THESE PEOPLE AROUND AND GIVE THEM A RIDE HOME??? Europe is destroyed.

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    Europe will never be the same and the changes are not good. All so unnecessary.
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    let's make 1600 every two days Europe is commiting a suicide
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    They can commit suicide...they are free to destroy their own Country.

    Just do NOT come begging US troops, or ask for our treasure, to bail you out. Not in 1 year, not in 5 years, not in 20 years...not ever.

    No more lost blood and treasure from the US citizens and it's taxpayers. And we do not want to fight other countries wars. This will not end well for the citizens of Europe.
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    The destruction of European civilization in the making - a crime against the highest evolved human society. How much did the arabs pay the EU governments to allow this takeover?

    Stand up for your heritage IN YOUR OWN COUNTRIES AND GET OUT OF EU YOU MEASLY COWARDS. USA DOESN'T NEED YOUR COMPLAINING, FREE LOADING LIFESTYLE EITHER.

    WE REFUSE TO CONTINUE TO PAY FOR YOUR EXISTENCE ON OUR SOIL WHILE YOU CONTINUE TO SUBORDINATE WOMEN, MUTILATE THEIR GENETILIA (EVEN IF YOU SOMEHOW HAVE THE $$ TO SEND THEM TO YOUR HOME COUNTRY TO HAVE IT DONE) AND TAKE ON MULTIPLE WIVES YOU CLAIM AS COUSINS, AUNTS WHILST YOU RAPE YOUNG BOYS - YOU ARE A SICK BEYOND THE PALE GROUP. THEY ALL COLLECT SSI - GET OUT OF HERE!I GO HOME, MAKE YOUR COUNTRIES BETTER WITH ALL YOUR CONNIVING ENERGY.
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