Fresh News Libia Exodus migrant last news Original Libyan * 23 Feb 2011 Sicily EuroMed

Fresh News Libia Exodus migrant last news Original Libyan * 23 Feb 2011

• MALTA * Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011, one of two Libyan pilots, right, disembarks from his jet at the Malta International Airport in Gudja, Malta Monday, Feb. 21, 2011. Two Libyan air force jets landed in Malta on Monday and their pilots asked for political asylum amid a bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters in Libya, a military source said.

///// • New • UK * Britain revokes arms licences to Bahrain and Libya •

Libya: trapped Britain to send a Royal Navy frigate to Libyan waters Damien McElroy
Britain is to send a Royal Navy frigate to Libyan waters to support efforts to evacuate Britons from the troubled country and has chartered a plane to fly to Tripoli to rescue stranded nationals.
William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, said that as the Libyan state was collapsing it was necessary to have a military component to the rescue efforts. Foreign Office diplomats were trying to get permission last night for the chartered plane to land.
Mr Hague said British nationals in Libya were facing - significant difficulties - in leaving the country. He said HMS Cumberland would be sent to international waters near Libya to assist and added: "We are making arrangements of a charter plane to travel to Libya in the next 48 hours. We are urgently seeking landing clearances and permissions from the Libyan government.
Officials expressed concern for the safety of a group of Britons trapped in a compound in the centre of Benghazi, Libya's second city.
Nigel Hornby, 44, one of dozens stranded at Arab Gulf Oil's compound, said it had been under intermittent attack from looters since Sa night. The compound is in the middle of Benghazi just yards away from an army base that was bombed. Locals living in flats across the way have taken refuge there after being threatened by people with machetes, said Mr Hornby's partner, Kathleen. Its very dangerous. Armed men have already invaded once on Sa night but they managed to get them out without any shots being fired.


• USA * hanno noleggiato due traghetti maltesi, che solitamente trasportano turisti dalla Sicilia a Malta, per rimpatriare i propri cittadini che si trovano in Libia. 2 catamarani veloci, ognuno dei quali puς accogliere 600 passeggeri, sono partiri questa mattina dal porto de la Valetta

• CINA * Beijing organising exodus of 33,000 Chinese from Libya, Taiwanese too • Aircraft, cargo ships and fishing boats are moving towards Libya to evacuate Chinese nationals living in the North African country. Tunisian, Turkish and other workers are fleeing the country as well.
* 15.000 Cinesi in Libia evacuati nella notte da 4 traghetti della Grecia noleggiati dal Governo cinese, per poi essere trasportati a Creta e rispediti a Pechino. Lo ha reso noto all'Afp un funzionario governativo greco.
Le 4 navi, ha spiegato il funzionario, sono in grado di trasportare fino a 1.500 persone e dovrebbero raggiungere le coste libiche questa notte
The Chinese are not the only foreigners fleeing the country. Thousands of Tunisians are crossing the border into Tunisia, whilst 3,000 Turks are waiting to be evacuated

• INDIA • As Libya descended into chaos and a bloodbath seemed imminent between the forces unleashed by Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi and protesters, New Delhi announced plans to evacuate some 18,000 Indian nationals stranded in Libya after an Indian lost his life while attempting to flee violence-hit Libya for Egypt.

• ITALIA * il Ministro degli Esteri Franco Frattini ha evocato lo spauracchio dell'immigrazione per nascondere incapacitΰ ed errori del Governo.
Un espediente per mascherare l'incompetenza e il colpevole ritardo con cui l'Italia ha condannato il massacro dei civili in Libia. - Lo afferma il presidente del gruppo Idv alla Camera - Berlusconi ha commesso errori clamorosi in politica internazionale, in particolare per quanto concerne i rapporti con la Libia, cui ha concesso soldi, armi e supporto politico.
I risultati sono sotto gli occhi di tutti: l'Italia conta sempre di meno nel Mediterraneo e in Europa - La perdita di peso e di prestigio internazionale - conclude il capogruppo Idv alla Camera - handicap politico molto grave, addebitabile alla politica estera di questo Governo, diventata caricaturale come il premier.

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