He says this is to discourage more people from attempting the dangerous crossing.

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Minister Thomas de Maizière says African migrants saved at sea  should be sent back to Africa instead of taken to Europe.

A ministerial spokeswoman says this measure would discourage migrants from coming and demolishing the organisations of human traffickers that organise the crossings.

Director of the Germany’s Federal Police Helmut Teichmann says the federal government’s aim is to stop the refugees before they reach Europe.

On Saturday, 2 200 more people tried to cross the Strait of Sicily in 16 different vessels, and were rescued by the Italian Coast Guard who later brought them to Italy.

Rescuers also recovered ten bodies of migrants who drowned during the attempt.

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