Internal memo: EU navies to police Libya migration for years

EU navies should stay parked off the Libyan coast for years to come, the bloc's military advisors say, renewing concern on "vile" conditions for refugees there.

Operation Irini patrols one of the EU's most dangerous migration corridors — the Mediterranean Sea between Libya and Italy, where more than 100,000 people crossed in 2022 and where thousands have drowned since 2014.

Its two ships and seven surveillance aircraft are also meant to help enforce a UN arms and oil embargo on ...