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IOM alarmed over apparent breach of law against returning asylum seekers to countries where they risk persecutionA United Nations agency has voiced alarm after a migrant boat stranded in Maltese waters carrying 49 people was returned to Libya, where hundreds have gone missing since the start of the year.The International Organization for Migration said it was “alarmed by this apparent breach of international law”,...

Huge cache thought to have come from Russia in order to bankroll general’s war effortThe Maltese government has seized a massive shipment of unofficial Libyan banknotes believed to have been destined for Khalifa Haftar, the military commander leading an offensive to dislodge the UN-backed government in Tripoli.Security services in Malta confirmed two 2,000-cubic-foot (56-cubic-metre) containers packed full of the recently introduced currency were discovered...