Libya claims NGO boats in the Mediterranean are ‘migrant taxis’ – Telegraph.co.uk

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Libya has accused NGOs operating in the Mediterranean of being complicit in the exodus of tens of thousands of migrants, claiming the humanitarian organisations are in direct contact with traffickers along the lawless coast of the North African country.

Humanitarian groups such as Medecins Sans Frontieres vehemently denied the allegations, as the deadly crossing claimed yet more lives at the weekend.

At least 10 migrants drowned after their boat capsized and up to 100 others were missing.

Eight bodies were found in a partially deflated rubber dinghy that was found drifting north of the Libyan coast, near the town of Garabulli, east of the capital Tripoli.

The boat was capable of carrying up to 110 people and the others are missing, presumed drowned. Two other bodies were found in a separate dinghy, as Italian and other vessels raced to save more than 1,600 migrants packed into nine rubber...

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