EU leaders have backed new steps to stem immigration from Africa,
including financing migrant camps in Libya run by the UN-backed
government.
The latest measures – largely led by Italy – are aimed at helping to
fight people smugglers and improve conditions for migrants on the
ground.
They were supported by leaders meeting at a summit in Malta.
In 2016, some 4,500 are estimated to have perished attempting to cross from North Africa to Italy.
Arriving at the Malta summit, EU foreign policy chief Federica
Mogherini said: “We will agree on a very relevant packages of measures
that will help us manage the flows better save lives in partnership with
the UN agencies, the UNHCR and the IOM, in Libya, in the countries of origin, having a strong external European initiative to decrease and avoid loss of lives.”
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Source: euronews.
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