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Malta warned not to organise second pushback of refugees to Libya
Warning comes days after Prime Minister admits involvement in Easter pushback
The position of the refugee boat yesterday well inside Malta's search and rescue zone

MALTA has been warned not to send 78 people rescued in its waters today back to a war zone just days after the prime minister admitted that the government had co-ordinated the return of 51 refugees to war-torn Libya over Easter.

At least two groups of refugees on wooden boats attempted to flee Libya by crossing the Mediterranean at the weekend.

Sixty-seven people were rescued by the Italian coastguard near the island of Lampedusa on Saturday after 30 gruelling hours at sea.

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