The EU-Turkey deal has led to a dramatic fall in the number of migrants arriving in Greece, but the pressure has simply switched to Italy instead and the route through Libya. Libyan prime minister Fayez al-Sarraj visited the Belgian capital today to lay down his demands, after his Maltese counterpart Joseph Muscat warned a fresh migrant crisis could kill the whole EU project. We hope that the EU mechanisms to help Libya will be more practical. EU Council president Donald Tusk said: “Europe has proved it is able to close down irregular routes of migration as we did on the eastern Mediterranean route. “Now it is time to close down the route from Libya to Italy.

Source: Libya Today February 02, 2017 14:15 UTC