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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

[Italy/Libya] Times of Malta: Brussels defends Italy-Libya agreement

The European Commission finds nothing wrong with Libya taking back illegal immigrants rescued on the high seas by Malta and Italy. In the first unambiguous statement supporting the practice, the new Director General for Migration, Stefano Manservisi, defended the bilateral agreement which Italy signed with Libya in 2009 and which saw the North African state take back most of the migrants recued in the Mediterranean.

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