Libya is ready to declare its
own search and rescue area (SAR) at sea for migrants and work
with Italy to see to what degree it is capable of presiding over
it, European sources said Tuesday. The development emerges after
Monday's meeting in Tunis of the interior ministers of Algeria,
Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Libya, Mali, Malta, Niger,
Slovenia, Switzerland, Chad and Tunisia. On Monday alone the
Libyan coast guard saved 3,000 migrants and took them back to
the North African country and stopped another 11,000 leaving for
Europe.
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