The European Commission is working on plans to strengthen relations with so-called “partner countries”, as part of its pact on migration and asylum.
Leaked commission documents dated earlier this month outline draft proposals on some countries including Libya.
It says it wants to build a rights-based migration and asylum system for Libya.
The country has already been given some €455m in EU funds. Over half has gone to the protection of migrants and third to “community stabilisation” and border management, it says.
Now it wants to provide Libya “with a flexible source of funding to respond to changing needs and routes.”
This includes muscling up the AU-EU-UN Taskforce, set up to rescue stranded migrants and refugees in Libya, before the end of the year.
It also wants to hold a migration dialogue with Libya after the mid-December presidential elections.
The original document by EU is available for download here: EU Libya Migrants