Saturday, February 04, 2017

#EU: Europe Pays Libya 200 Million Euros To Better Control Its Borders, Curb Immigration

[world politics news]


EU leaders have rubber stamped a plan to curb migration from Libya at an informal summit in Malta offering Tripoli €200 million to better control its borders. The deadly route across the Central Mediterranean is now the main gateway to Europe, with some 181,000 arrivals in 2016. It is run by smugglers who operate with impunity in Libya, which slid into chaos after the overthrow of Mummar Gaddafi in 2011


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