EU looks to limit migration from Libya After blocking the main migrant route from the Middle East, the EU will this week seek ways to check a feared spring surge from Libya and North Africa across the Mediterranean. Interior ministers from Algeria, Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Libya, Malta, Slovenia, Switzerland and Tunisia took part in the meeting, along with European Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos. Experts say some of the equipment requested by Libya would fall foul of a UN embargo on arms imports into the country. France’s Interior Minister Bruno Le Roux stressed the importance of making sure the Libyan coastguard lives up to its EU training. But critics warn against planned repatriations of asylum seekers to Libya, a country where allegations of torture, rape and murder are rife.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 21, 2017 06:45 UTC