Prime Minister rejects claims that nothing has changed following agreement, says Opposition must not be paying attentionPrime Minister Joseph Muscat has reiterated his belief that had an agreement not been signed with Libya, Europe would have faced a humanitarian crisis come spring. “Before the Libya agreement, the EU was smart enough to start working on Niger. “A lot of people just transport people in Libya because they have nothing else. “Since the [2015 Valletta] summit, more migrants have crossed the Mediterranean than have ever crossed before. “All I have heard from is cynicism,” he said.He pushed back against claims that nothing had been done on migration, adding that everywhere he goes, “the Valletta summit is described as a watershed even” for migration.

Source: Libya Today February 08, 2017 19:07 UTC