The EU deal with Libya on migration: a question of fairness and effectiveness

Whether the new EU migration agreement of February 2017 with Libya will work and whether it will respect migrants’ rights is an open question with the answer likely to be no.

ESO: Background information: Malta Declaration by the members of the European Council on the external aspects of migration: addressing the Central Mediterranean route http://www.europeansources.info/record/malta-declaration-by-the-members-of-the-european-council-on-the-external-aspects-of-migration-addressing-the-central-mediterranean-route/

ESO: Background information: The EU and Libya: realism or irrelevance http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-eu-and-libya-realism-or-irrelevance/

ESO: Background information: Why a refugee deal with Libya is a bad idea http://www.europeansources.info/record/why-a-refugee-deal-with-libya-is-a-bad-idea/

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