Libyan coast guard boat rams into migrant dinghy, throwing 50 into Mediterranean

📆 9/30/2023 3:32 AM

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📆 9/30/2023 3:32 AM
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A Libyan coast guard vessel on Friday rammed into and partially sank a dinghy carrying 50 migrants off the North African nation's coast.

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Sea-Watch, which carries out rescue operations in the central Mediterranean, said the coast guard was chasing the rubber dingy since early Friday morning before slamming into its side. A civilian rescue ship Louise Michel arrived at the scene shortly afterward and asked to take the migrants, which the coast guard denied.

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