Petition Orgnanise a blockade of the Libyan coast to stop people trafficking.

Around 150,000 migrants travelled from Libya to Italy by boat last year and, so far this year, more than 37,000 people have been intercepted in the Mediterranean and taken to Italian ports. Hundreds are believed to have died after their overloaded vessels sank or capsized.

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Lord West, ex-First Sealord and Chief of Naval Staff, said such a measure would require 10 Navy frigates and destroyers, along with helicopters, drones and other intelligence and surveillance capability

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Date closed 3 December 2016
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