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EU border agency expects same number of migrants via Libya this year as last
 [AlAhram] The European Union...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... should expect as many Some 1.6 million refugees and "There was an increase by 17 percent last year so we had approximately 181,000 irregular border crossings coming from Libya... We have to be ready to face the same number," Fabrice Leggeri, the head of the EU's border agency Frontex told news hounds. "In 2016, 2015 and 2014, we had more than 150,000 thousand irregular The bloc, overwhelmed by the arrivals and waging bitter internal battles on how to share the burden, has increased its efforts to cut the number of people who use smugglers' boats to make the perilous voyage. This includes support for the U.N.-backed Libyan government in Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... , efforts to boost deportations of people with no case for asylum, and working with African states along the migration trails to ensure they let fewer people pass. But these would only bear fruit in the medium- to long-term, Leggeri said, adding that for now the EU had to ensure Italia has enough support and capacity to handle high arrivals. The EU says some 70 percent of people coming via Libya from the impoverished Africa are not fleeing violent conflicts or oppressive regimes and hence are unlikely to win asylum. They are qualified as economic Frontex said the whole bloc deported some 176,000 people last year, roughly in line with 2015. But a majority of these returns are actually of nationals from the non-EU states in the Western Balkans. The more complicated deportations to the Middle East are often held up by asylum procedures, which must ensure the right to appeal. That is the case for Syrians and other potential refugees who arrived in masses to Greece from ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... in 2015, an influx that has now largely stopped after Brussels sealed a deal with Turkey under which Ankara prevents them from leaving its shores. While confirmed refugees should not be sent back, for the African The EU has been increasingly working on that with Nigeria, Senegal ... a nation of about 14 million on the west coast of Africa bordering Mauretania to the north, Mali to the east, and a pair of Guineas to the south, one of them Bissau. It is 90 percent Mohammedan and has more than 80 political parties. Its primary purpose seems to be absorbing refugees... , Mali, Niger and Æthiopia. Traffickers growing bold, reckless with refugees' lives
Migrant deaths along the Libya-to-Italy smuggling route, across the Mediterranean Sea, rose to 4,579, a record level, in 2016. Leggeri called it "tragic and the reasons are well known: the number of migrants now [arriving] on very small dinghies." A Frontex report - "Risk analysis for 2017" - on the crisis said smugglers have grown more bold and reckless, knowing that rescue boats will be on the edge of Libya's territorial waters. "Dangerous crossings on unseaworthy and overloaded vessels were organized with the main purpose of being detected" by military, EU or civilian vessels ready to pluck desperate migrants out of the water if necessary. "Apparently, all parties involved in [search and rescue] operations in the central Mediterranean unintentionally help criminals achieve their objectives at minimum cost, strengthen their business model by increasing the chances of success," the report said. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-02-16 |
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