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EU sees 'alarming' migrant buildup in Libya, warns Italy
Source: Reuters
World | Wed Apr 13, 2016 8:50am EDT
EU sees 'alarming' migrant buildup in Libya, warns Italy
STRASBOURG | BY FOO YUN CHEE
"Alarming" numbers of migrants are reaching Libya to cross the Mediterranean, a senior EU official said on Wednesday, adding a warning that Italy must be ready for them to avoid new border chaos inside Europe.
"The numbers of would-be migrants in Libya are alarming," European Council President Donald Tusk told the European Parliament a day after Austria said it planned tighter controls on its Italian border in anticipation of a summer migrant surge.
Noting that anarchy in Libya ruled out for now the kind of deal made with Turkey to block what was last year's main route into Europe via Greece, Tusk said EU allies must be ready to help manage new arrivals within Italy, as well as on Malta.
But in referring to last year's chaotic movement of nearly a million people from Greece that saw EU states closing borders with each other, threatening the bloc's cherished Schengen zone of passport-free travel, Tusk warned of a similar threat if Italy and its EU partners did not cooperate to contain flows.
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EU sees 'alarming' migrant buildup in Libya, warns Italy
STRASBOURG | BY FOO YUN CHEE
"Alarming" numbers of migrants are reaching Libya to cross the Mediterranean, a senior EU official said on Wednesday, adding a warning that Italy must be ready for them to avoid new border chaos inside Europe.
"The numbers of would-be migrants in Libya are alarming," European Council President Donald Tusk told the European Parliament a day after Austria said it planned tighter controls on its Italian border in anticipation of a summer migrant surge.
Noting that anarchy in Libya ruled out for now the kind of deal made with Turkey to block what was last year's main route into Europe via Greece, Tusk said EU allies must be ready to help manage new arrivals within Italy, as well as on Malta.
But in referring to last year's chaotic movement of nearly a million people from Greece that saw EU states closing borders with each other, threatening the bloc's cherished Schengen zone of passport-free travel, Tusk warned of a similar threat if Italy and its EU partners did not cooperate to contain flows.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-eu-idUSKCN0XA1EO
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