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Libya 'opposes EU plan for migrant centres'

African migrants, who were rescued by the Libyan coastguard in the Mediterranean off the Libyan coast, arrive at a naval base in Tripoli, Libya, on 26 May 2017

Assessment centres outside the EU are not acceptable, the foreign minister tells Austrian media.

  • 19 October 2018
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