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The European Union is thinking about the issue of movement from Africa and the Middle East and worked out a disputable arrangement a week ago to control the quantity of entries.
Individuals traffickers in North Africa have exploited disorder in Libya since the 2011 ouster of Moamer Khadafi to send individuals on the risky voyage northwards over the Mediterranean Sea.
“We have to establish a blacklist of the major traffickers… so that police and law enforcement in Africa and in Europe can work together on a common objective,” Tajani said after meeting the head of Libya’s internationally backed government in Tripoli.
“If we do not manage to destroy these criminal organisations, it will be very difficult to fight against illegal immigration.”
Italy and Greece have until now recorded the biggest numbers of migrants crossing the Mediterranean to reach the European Union.
But with the route through Libya shutting down as the Libyan coast guard increases patrols, people smugglers are setting their sights westward to routes from Morocco to Spain.
Libya is split between rival factions, with the UN-backed Government of National accord under Fayez al-Sarraj in Tripoli opposed by strongman Khalifa Haftar in the east of the country.
A deal between Libya’s vying leaders was brokered in May by France to hold elections this year, but scepticism remains that the vote will go ahead.
