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Migration Problems Bring Libyan Coast Guard Officials To Brussels

April 27 2017

European Union

A pair of Libyan coast guard commanders met this week with officials from the European Commission in Brussels as part of joint efforts to limit migration from that war-torn North African nation into Europe, reports the E.U. Observer.

The commission is the executive body of the European Union.

"We are dealing with two coast guards. One reporting to the Ministry of Interior, the other one to the Ministry of Defense. We try to engage with both," said Maciej Popowski, a deputy...

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