A refugee pact with North Africa?

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Euro|Topics wrote that the European Commission had welcomed plans put forward by Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi in April 2016 on cooperation with North African states, whereby migrants would be stopped and sent back along the lines of the EU-Turkey deal agreed in March 2016. Will refugees soon be sent back to war-torn Libya, ask various commentators?

This Debates feature from Euro|Topics offers English (+ French and German) translations of a selections of articles in European news sources on this topic.

Libya's Vice President Ahmed Maetig expressed hope on the 23 April 2016 that the European Union would enter into an agreement with his country similar to that between the EU and Turkey restricting the flow of migrants to Europe.

The United States on the 25 April 2016 offered its backing for a Nato naval operation off Libya in support of the Italian plan to close the Western Mediterranean migrant route to Europe.

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ESO: Background information: EU readies for massive migration flows from Libya http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-readies-for-massive-migration-flows-from-libya/
ESO: Information Guide: European Migration Challenges http://www.europeansources.info/record/information-guide-european-migration-challenges/
ESO: Background information: International Summit: Meeting of the EU heads of state or government with Turkey, Brussels, 7 March 2016 http://www.europeansources.info/record/international-summit-meeting-of-the-eu-heads-of-state-or-government-with-turkey-brussels-7-march-2016/
BBC News, 19.04.16: Migration crisis: Italy threatened by national crisis http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36080216
ESO: Background information: Valletta Summit on migration, 11-12 November 2015 / Informal meeting of heads of state or government, Valletta, 12 November 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/valletta-summit-on-migration-11-12-november-2015-informal-meeting-of-heads-of-state-or-government-valletta-12-november-2015/
EUObserver, 18.04.16: Italy wants EU bonds to fund migration policies https://euobserver.com/migration/133105
Politico, 15.04.16: Matteo Renzi proposes European ‘migration bonds’ http://www.politico.eu/article/matteo-renzi-proposes-european-migration-bonds-donald-tusk-jean-claude-juncker-border-controls/
EUObserver, 22.04.16: Juncker avoids main question on Italy's 'migration compact' https://euobserver.com/migration/133174
The Guardian, 25.04.16: Italy's plan to combat Libyan migrant smugglers could mean chasing shadows http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/25/italys-plan-to-combat-libyan-migrant-smugglers-could-mean-chasing-shadows
The Local.it, 26.04.16: US backs Nato closure of Libya migrant route to Europe http://www.thelocal.it/20160426/us-backs-nato-blockade-of-libya-to-close-migrant-route
The Local.it, 23.04.16: Libya unity government seeks EU accord on migrants http://www.thelocal.it/20160423/libya-unity-government-seeks-eu-accord-on-migrants
openDemocracy: Can Europe Make It?, 23.04.16: A migration pact not fit for purpose https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/barbara-spinelli/migration-pact-not-fit-for-purpose

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