Refugee camps, similar to the ones in Turkey, could also be in Libya and other countries where migrants leave for European shores, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani told the press on Sunday.
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Italy has opened tendering for building a section of coastal highway linking the east and west of Libya, reports Italian news agency Nova.
As a standoff between a humanitarian migrant rescue ship and the Italian government continues into its fourth day, a leading Italian bishop has criticized the “selective” process of allowing some migrants to disembark, while turning others away.
Italy still has on the table a construction project to build a coastal highway that connects the east and west of Libya, says Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini.
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has affirmed his country’s support for the efforts to reach presidential and parliamentary elections in Libya as soon as possible.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni stressed the need to work to preserve the unity and sovereignty of Libya, and push for holding presidential and parliamentary elections.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met Monday with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on the sidelines of the COP27 World Climate Summit held in Egypt, according to the Spokesman for the Egyptian Presidency.
Libyan Foreign Minister, Najla Mangoush, spoke on the phone today with her Italian counterpart Antonio Tajani, during which they discussed “commitment to the stabilization” of Libya and “fight combat human trafficking”, according to brief statement by the Italian Foreign Ministry via Twitter.
Responding to the authorities’ decision to refuse some people the ability to disembark in Catania, Sicily, and efforts to push them back to sea, Julia Hall, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director at the Europe Regional Office, said Italian authorities must urgently allow all people on ship to disembark as soon as possible.
Libya’s Attorney-General has ordered the pre-trial detention of a person accused of causing debt to the Libyan state with two medical facilities in Italy for over 9 million euros.