Italy set to force EU's arm on Libya sanctions to ease migrant flow
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Italy announced it was ready to ignore EU sanctions against Libya in a bid to ease the increasing numbers of illegal migrants flooding into the country across the Mediterranean.
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1540CET-- The European Union ambassadors have agreed to recommend lifting the EU bloc&#39;s arms embargo on Libya following pressure from Italy and
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Italy resumed the forced deportation of immigrants to Libya yesterday and denied the United Nations' refugee agency access to the would-be asylum seekers.
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UN officials have been denied permission to check the safety of about 850 migrants deported to Libya from Italy since Friday. The Italian government is flying the migrants to Libya after hundreds landed on
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Italy's Interior Minister visits Libya to pave the way for joint efforts to curb illegal immigration into the EU.
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LUXEMBOURG - The European Union has agreed to ease an 18-year arms embargo against Libya, going one step farther than the US which dropped its trade embargo against the former pariah, but maintained a weapons ban.
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is aiming to make cooperation with Libya a model for Europe's efforts to stem a tide of illegal immigration from Africa, but further talks are still needed between Tripoli, Rome and the EU to resolve the crisis.
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Italy and Libya agree to mount joint patrols in the Mediterranean Sea to stop crossings by illegal immigrants.
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Syria has agreed "in principle" to let the European Union put troops on its border to help stem the flow of weapons into Lebanon, Italy's prime minister said Saturday.
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Tripoli agreed yesterday to give visiting rights to thousands of Italians who were expelled from Libya after Col Gaddafi seized power 35 years ago.
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Italy is urging Libya to tackle the swelling flow of illegal migrants as hundreds more land on Italian shores.
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Libya will be violating local and international and law if it deports 1m illegal immigrants, a rights group says.
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Italy resumed the forced deportation of immigrants to Libya yesterday and denied the United Nations&#39; refugee agency access to the would-be asylum seekers.
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The European Union has said it may follow the US in lifting sanctions against Libya, as long as Tripoli shows willingness to curb illegal migration.
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A top official in Italy has called on the European Union to help Libya stem the flow of illegal migrants moving northwards across the Mediterranean.
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The European Union announced yesterday that it is discussing lifting the sanctions partially from Libya and added it inclined towards alleviating the weapons embargo to this country.
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A leading human rights group accuses Italy and Libya of abusing African migrants trying to enter Europe.