Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the decision in co-ordination with the security cabinet, his office said.

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Barbara Manzi, head of the United Nations Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), told the BBC from Sittwe it appeared the boats "left the camp with the blessing of the authorities before hitting rocks".

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In the past, co-ordination problems were blamed on the legacy of the 'Whitehall model' which had been inherited from the Welsh Office.

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