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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10346

29 March 2011
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha
First Libyan refugees arrive in Lampedusa

Brussels, 28/03/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Sunday 27 March, for the first time since the start of the uprising in Libya, a vessel carrying migrants from Libya landed in Lampedusa, AFP reports. This first craft with 284 people, mainly from Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia, on board was followed throughout the day by various other vessels, taking the number of newly arrived migrants, according to some media, to almost 2,000 over the course of the weekend.

“Up until now, the only migrants...

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