Libya says migrants stopped at sea will not be let back in
by Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo from on (#52564)
Tripoli follows Italian government in declaring its seaports 'unsafe'
Libya's UN-recognised government in Tripoli has refused to authorise the landing of migrants stopped at sea and sent back to Libyan territory by its coastguard vessels.
The Libyan coastguard stopped about 280 migrants on Thursday, but when it attempted to return them to Libya, the country's authorities refused to let them disembark, according to the UN migration agency IOM, due to fighting around the capital.
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