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EU commissioner Oliver Várhelyi last month touring a new patrol boat given to the Libyans (Photo: European Union, 2023)

EU says Libya needs more boats after latest drowning tragedy

The European Commission is promising more support for Libya, after the Italian Coast Guard said some 30 people are missing in a Mediterranean Sea shipwreck over the weekend.

The response given on Monday (13 March) by the European Commission is similar to the one following the drowning deaths of 76 people off the Italian coast last month.

"More boats will be forthcoming," said a European Commission spokesperson.

"We see t...

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

EU commissioner Oliver Várhelyi last month touring a new patrol boat given to the Libyans (Photo: European Union, 2023)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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