The European Commission has come out against ideas to replicate the EU-Turkey migrant deal with Libya.
EU migration commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos told MEPs in the civil liberties committee on Tuesday (24 January) that the north African state is too unstable.
"Let me tell you that we cannot duplicate the EU-Turkey statement, the situation is not similar in Libya," he said.
The proposal was floated by Malta's prime ministe...
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