Tripoli rejects a European Union’s plan to establish migrant centers and it will not be attracted by financial inducements, Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj said. Rejection of Fayez al-Sarraj aborted the Italian proposal to organise reception and identification platforms for migrant processing in Africa as a means of resolve divisions among European governments over how to…
Category: Immigration
Increase of deaths in Mediterranean sea
The tragic weekend deaths of an estimated 103 people, including three babies, when the rubber dinghy they were on sank off the coast of Libya. This is the #Mediterranean Sea six months into 2018: – nearly 1000 migrant deaths – 10,000 people returned by Libyan Coast Guard– 204 deaths this week (including 3 children) —…
Haftar rejects foreign military presence in Libya
Libya leader Marshall Khalifa Haftar rejected any foreign military presence in the south of the country to defeat human trafficking, after the EU leaders struck a deal to establish platforms receiving migrants in North Africa. Army General Command: Any international military presence in the southern region will be considered an attack on the Libyan statehttps://t.co/Kmw11HkXRQ…
Salvini offers Spain to host more migrants from Italy
Italy Interior Minister Matteo Salvini articulated that his country is “no longer the doormat of Europe”, while commenting on repelled migrants transported to Italy from Libyan coast by Aquarius NGO vessel, and the proposal of Spain to host them. Salvini also said that Spain can also host “another 66,000” migrants who stay in Italy now….
Migrants shipwreck at Tunisian coast
Coastguards continue to recover bodies of migrants drowned in a shipwreck in the Mediterranean on Sunday (3/05/2018), reportedly the boat had sank next to Tunisian coast. According to updated info, the shipwreck off the Tunisian coasts may have caused over 110 deaths: 48 bodies recovered, maybe about 64 missing. — Flavio Di Giacomo (@fladig) June…
Tajani enhances support to Sahel
The President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani had a meeting with the President of the Republic of Chad, Idriss Deby Itno. The discussion has been focused on the fragility of Sahel´s region security. 🇪🇺.@EP_President @Antonio_Tajani accoglie il Presidente della Repubblica del Chad 🇹🇩 Idriss Deby Itno @PE_Italia pic.twitter.com/HgzgpZ6oLl — PE Italia (@PE_Italia) July 25,…
Europarliament screens rescue operation in Mediterranean
To avoid migrants continuing to drown while trying to reach Italy, EU countries must offer their help the Members of the European Parliament suggest. The Civil Liberties Committee held a hearing on search-and-rescue operations, the relations between the different actors including EU military vessels, Frontex staff and NGOs, the need to fight people smugglers as well…
MEPs discuss migration management
The European Parliament has hosted the conference on migration management ahead of the EU summit to launch a platform for regular dialogue between all actors involved. #MigrationEU @JunckerEU we need 2 #invest 2 B sure #Africa can realise its own ambitions — Anna van Densky (@AnnaVanDensky) June 21, 2017 It has addressed responsibility sharing among…
President Tajani s’adresse à la Côte d’Ivoire
«Grace à la diversification et à une base industrielle, la Côte-d’Ivoire se classe parmi les économies les plus dynamiques du monde. Avec une croissance estimée à 8% cette année, elle se place en tête du continent africain. La Côte-d’Ivoire doit servir d’exemple à d’autres pays du continent, en particulier en Afrique de l’Ouest» a déclaré…
Italy to promote Africa at G7 Taormina
“Africa is very important for us. Indeed, it is perhaps the focus of our G7 presidency,” said Raffaele Trombetta, the senior Italian diplomat who has led behind-the-scenes negotiations on the G7 agenda with colleagues from the United States, Japan, Germany, Britain, France and Canada. The Italian presidency of the G7 raised is concerned about…
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