Libya Herald | 22.06.2017
With EU heads due tomorrow to try and address the burgeoning flow of migrants from Libya, Presidency Council (PC) head Faiez Serraj has set his head against any EU plan to establishing migrant reception centres in Libya itself.
Today in Brussels at the opening session of the EU meeting Serraj warned “as the number of migrants rises, the economic and social fabric of southern Libya is placed under very significant strain.” Libya did not have the resources to patrol 4,000 kilometres of its southern borders with Niger, Chad and Sudan to manage the significant migrant flows. He said that EU “support” was essential.
Serraj has also said he is completely opposed to the Italian-led idea of turning Libya into a holding centre for would-be migrants.