Italy presses Libya on migrants

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Series Details 13.9.04
Publication Date 13/09/2004
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The Italian Government is seeking the help of the Libyan Government in an effort to curb the numbers of illegal immigrants reaching Italian shores after a record 500 illegal immigrants arrived on one boat on the Italian island of Lampedusa in September 2004. The immigrants are thought to have come from North Africa.

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