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Foreign Secretaryurged new leaders to compensate victims of atrocities sponsored by Colonel Gaddafi

BORIS Johnson has gone into battle to win cash payouts for victims of IRA terror attacks.

The Foreign Secretary urged Libyas new leaders to compensate families of those killed or injured by atrocities sponsored by Colonel Gaddafi.

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He told them it was a top priority of reaching a diplomatic deal on a visit to the desert state last week. A source said: He raised it a huge amount and very forcefully.

Libyas former despot leader was the IRAs biggest supplier of explosives during the Troubles.

Bombings in Enniskillen in 1987, Warrington in 1993 and the London Docklands in 1996 were caused by Libyan Semtex.

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Up to 300 Brits have been denied compensation despite millions handed to American, French and German terror victims.

MPs have accused governments past and present of failing to force Libya to pay up.

Victims lawyer Matthew Jury said: It should be our Governments top priority to secure justice for these British victims.

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Boris Johnson battles to win Libya cash payouts for victims of IRA terror attacks - The Sun

Illegal migrants, who were rescued by the Libyan coastguard in the Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan coast, arrive at the naval base in the capital Tripoli on May 6, 2017. Photo: MAHMUD TURKIA / AFP

TRIPOLI - Gunmen mugged 129 migrants on a rubber dinghy headed for Europe and also stole the craft's motor, abandoning them off the Libyan coast, Libya's navy said Saturday.

Navy spokesman General Ayoub Qassem said the gunmen in a speedboat chased the dinghy on Friday, boarded around five nautical miles off the Libyan town of Zuwara and stole the migrants' possessions.

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The migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, including 27 women and two children, were stranded at sea for several hours before being rescued by Libyan coastguard alerted by a local fisherman, he told AFP.

In the first three months of 2017, more than 24,000 migrants arrived in Italy after making the perilous crossing from Libya, up from 18,000 in the first quarter of last year, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR.

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Rescue workers are battling to save as many as 1,800 migrants stranded on boats off the coast of Libya

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At least 37 people attempting to migrate to Europe have drown off Libya's coast, officials said on Monday.

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Forces from Libya's internationally recognised government have warned European countries that vessels entering Libyan waters without permission would be targeted by air strikes.

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The Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano today held talks in Tripoli with top Libyan officials on peace efforts for the war-wracked country and ways to curb illegal migration to Europe.

Alfano met Government of National Accord head Fayez al- Sarraj and his vice president Ahmad Meitig to discuss efforts being made towards national reconciliation, the GNA said in a statement.

Alfanos trip to Libya came hot on the heels of a two-day visit Thursday and Friday to the oil-rich North African nation by his British counterpart Boris Johnson.

Johnson met Sarraj today and congratulated him on meeting earlier this week in abu dhabi with Libyan military strongman Khalifa al-Haftar, who does not recognise the GNAs legitimacy.

Italy, too, has welcomed the meeting between Haftar and Serraj. The foreign ministry has said that Alfanos visit was aimed at renewing Italys support for peace efforts to ensure Libyas stability.

Alfano and Libyan leaders also discussed ways of curbing the influx of migrants trying to reach Europe from Libya, as authorities Saturday said that hundreds of migrants were rescued by the Libyan coastguard.

The Libyan judiciary in March suspended a deal struck the previous month between Libya and Italy aimed at bolstering joint efforts to stop the flow of migrants.

In April, the Italian government said that a dozen of rival tribes in southern Libya had agreed to cooperate on securing the countrys borders to prevent illegal migration

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Italian Foreign Minister arrives in Libya to meet GNA Prime Minister - Libyan Express

The British Foreign Minister, Boris Johnson, arrived Friday in Tobruk, eastern Libya, to meet with the Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR) Aqilah Saleh, after he met with Tripoli-based GNA officials.

The British FM was accompanies by the British Ambassador to Libya, Peter Millett.

Saleh and the Johnson discussed the UKs support for Libya and how the HoR is backing up new efforts to reach a solution to the current political crisis in Libya.

Saleh also told Johnson that the HoR is ready to form a new committee to keep the dialogue going until a proper solution for Libya and the Libyans is found.

On Thursday, the UK Foreign Minister met with the Head of the High Council of State (HCS) Abdel Rahman Al-Sweihli, in the HCSs headquarters in Tripoli.

The two discussed the joint interests and the mutual relations between the two countries in different fields.

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British Foreign Minister visits eastern Libya, meets with HoR Speaker - Libyan Express

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NOC's Sanalla confident Libya will reach oil production targets Libya Herald Libya's National Oil Corporation chairman, Mustafa Sanalla has dismissed claims by international oil experts that Libya will be unable to increase its oil production to its intended target of 800,000 bpd in 2017 or even by 2018. At a London energy ... Oil Politics Driving Libya Closer To FailureEnergy Collective all 3 news articles »

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NOC's Sanalla confident Libya will reach oil production targets - Libya Herald