ROME, Jul 01, 2009 (AFP) - Italy on Wednesday sent 89 illegal immigrants back to Libya after their boat was intercepted by the Italian navy near the southern island of Lampedusa, an Italian report said.
The immigrants, including nine women and three children, were transferred to an oil platform near the Libyan coast late Tuesday before being handed over to Libyan navy personnel, the ANSA news agency said.
Neither coastguards nor the Italian navy were able to confirm the report.
The would-be immigrants were found after sending out a SOS message for help after their boat left Libyan waters.
Rome and Tripoli recently implemented a controversial new policy which allows the Italian navy to intercept illegal migrants at sea and return them to Libya, from where they set off for Europe.
Libya is a major transit country for people from Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan seeking to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe.
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oooooh my GOD .way italian government do like this .how could you bring people& give to devil .all the people their in side prison (zawya).if same one hear what they say .you may cry full day...................
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