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(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) The Italian coast guard coordinated several rescue efforts saving close to 1,400 refugees crossing the Mediterranean from the Libyan coast. Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, posted on Twitter that 802 refugees on board six dinghies and a wooden boat were …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) A rescue mission in the Mediterranean Sea reported that about 15 refugees died after a dinghy carrying around 100 people began to sink on Thursday. According to Aris Messinis, a photographer for AFP, the dinghy departed Libya Wednesday afternoon, however, the vessel was facing 2.5 meter-high …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Two Syrian girls died in the Mediterranean after their boat which was carrying 27 Syrian refugees on route to Europe capsized off the shores of Libya. The girls, who were eight months and five years old, were among six of the 27 passengers on the …