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Monday 11 May 2015

EU asks UN for help with migrant crisis

Migrants intercepted at sea will not "be sent back against their will", the European Union's foreign policy chief has told the UN Security Council, in the context of a proposed EU maritime operation against the growing wave of migrant smuggling from North Africa.
Federica Mogherini addressed the Security Council on Monday as the 28-member EU prepared to start making decisions next week on a controversial operation to identify, capture and destroy boats before they could be used by migrant smugglers.

Mogherini told the Security Council that details of the operation were still being worked out and the issue would be discussed by European foreign ministers on May 18.

"We cannot do it alone, this has to be a common global effort, that's why we count on your support to save lives and dismantle criminal organisations that are exploiting people's desperation," she said.

The plan would require the approval of Libya, from where most of the boats depart. Mogherini said she also met the UN ambassador for Libya, who last week largely rejected the plan.

Critics of the proposal say military action in Libyan waters or to stop a vessel flying the country's flag without an international mandate would break international law.....http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/05/150511173548759.html
11/5/15

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