Libyan News Agency:
The European Union announced that the Libyan Coast Guard will receive additional patrol boats to improve the extent of its control over the waters off the country’s coast.
This came on the lips of the European Commission spokeswoman, “Anna Besonero”, during a press briefing in Brussels, commenting on the sinking of a rubber boat off the Libyan coast, causing the death of dozens of people, according to what was published by the Italian news agency AKI.
And the (Alarm Phone) project of the non-governmental organization (Watch The Med) had said earlier today, Monday, that it had received a call from 47 people who fled Libya on a boat facing dangers, which was wrecked, between Friday and Saturday. After that, “noting that” only 17 survivors were rescued by the merchant ship Froland, while 30 others are still missing.