Author (Person) | Toaldo, Mattia |
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Publisher | European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) |
Series Title | Commentary |
Series Details | 10.11.15 |
Publication Date | 10/11/2015 |
Content Type | Journal | Series | Blog, News |
'Tackling Libya’s migrant smuggling highway', by ECFR Policy Fellow Mattia Toaldo, explores the lessons learned from Libya’s experience with migration and how they can be applied to Europe’s burgeoning migration crisis. On Libya, Toaldo notes that while the eastern Mediterranean migrant route, through Turkey and the Balkans, has surpassed Libya in the intensity of flows in summer 2015, the numbers from Libya have remained high. And as the earliest emerging centre of migration in this current period of large-scale migration, he highlights the lessons that the Libyan experience has for European politicians grappling with the migration crisis more widely. On Libya’s lessons for the wider migration crisis, Toaldo highlights: + The need for legal channels to Europe On improving the situation in Libya, Toaldo recommends: + Working with Libyans on a different economic model for border communities |
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Source Link | Link to Main Source http://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_libyas_migrant_smuggling_highway_lessons_for_europe |
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Subject Categories | Justice and Home Affairs |
Countries / Regions | Eastern Europe, Europe, Northern Africa, Southern Europe |