Italy and Libya move on migrants
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Italy's Interior Minister visits Libya to pave the way for joint efforts to curb illegal immigration into the EU.
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On a visit to Libya this week Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi discussed the proposal with Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.
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MELLITAH: Libya, a key transit point for Africans trying to sneak into Europe, said overnight it had deported 1000 Egyptian migrants back home after their controversial expulsion from Italy.
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Italy is defending a tough new policy on illegal immigrants, which has put hundreds of new arrivals from sub-Saharan Africa on planes back to Libya without the opportunity to apply for asylum.
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The European Union has agreed to lift an arms embargo on Libya after pressure from Italy, which said the North African country needed better equipment to tackle illegal migrants.
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FLORENCE, Italy  - France and Spain moved Monday  to sink a controversial Italian-German plan to create holding  centers in North Africa for would-be refugees.
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An Italian warship has intercepted a vessel full of migrants in international waters south of Lampedusa and summoned the Tunisian navy to escort it back to the North African coast, Italy's ANSA news agency ...
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Italy resumed the forced deportation of immigrants to Libya yesterday and denied the United Nations&#39; refugee agency access to the would-be asylum seekers.
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Malta's Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi met with Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, officials here said, amid growing efforts by southern European countries to halt illegal immigration from Libya.
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Italy has summoned Libya's ambassador for talks on efforts to tackle illegal immigration after hundreds of arrivals on Italian shores at the weekend.
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Summer has brought an expected influx of boat people from north African shores to Italy&#39;s southernmost island of Lampedusa, but they are still overwhelming immigration facilities with their sheer numbers, officials say.
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Italia's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi opened a gas pipeline between their countries in a new era of &quot;friendship and cooperation&quot; across the Mediterranean.
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ITALY has begun airlifting migrants back to their point of departure after its southern outpost was swamped by hundreds of new arrivals.
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Italy planned to send back more illegal immigrants Monday, after hundreds of people arrived over the weekend on a tiny island off the coast of Sicily, news reports said.
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is aiming to make cooperation with Libya a model for Europe's efforts to stem a tide of illegal immigration from Africa, but further talks are still needed between Tripoli, Rome and the EU to resolve the crisis.
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Under pressure from Europe, Tripoli has taken steps to clamp down on illegal migration.
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Two developments Monday, one tragic the other controversial, marked the latest phase in southern Europe&#39;s struggle to stem the flood of illegal immigrants.