
AN NGO migrant rescue organisation said today that it has witnessed refugees in distress at sea being pushed back to Libya, a day after the European Union border agency boasted about a drop in the numbers of irregular migrant crossings into Europe.
Refugee rescue ship Sea Watch 3 tweeted this afternoon that it had rescued around 60 people in international waters off the coast of Libya in the morning.
The German charity that operates the ship said it found the refugees in a rubber dinghy.

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