Displaced Eritreans to be relocated in EU countries

After a visit to Egypt, the EU Commissioner on Home Affairs said, on 24 March 2011, that the EU countries will be asked to help relocate on their territories a few thousands Eritreans stranded on Libya's borders with Tunisia and Egypt.

Furthermore, Malmström said that the EU had to help Egypt and Tunisia deal with the problem of displaced third-country nationals who have fled Libya and were now stuck in limbo at the border with Egypt and Tunisia.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: UK and France to spearhead campaign http://www.europeansources.info/record/uk-and-france-to-spearhead-campaign/

ESO: Background information: A pact for Euro-Mediterranean stability http://www.europeansources.info/record/a-pact-for-euro-mediterranean-stability/

ESO: Background Information: Italy blocks ship of migrants fleeing Libya http://www.europeansources.info/record/italy-blocks-ship-of-migrants-fleeing-libya/

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