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Libya’s coast guard intercepts 64 Europe-bound migrants, days after a deadly shipwreck

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The boat was carrying 64 migrants and was intercepted Friday off the northwestern town of Sirte .

The coast guard also set the migrant boat on fire, a procedure aimed at preventing its reuse by traffickers.

On Wednesday , a boat carrying 32 migrants from Egypt and Syria capsized off Libya ’s eastern town of Tobruk .

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formal

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English

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