Reuters Reuters :: # Italy and # Malta: EU must press on # Libya _ to stop immigration _ boats _ # Valletta ( # Reuters ) - Italy called on the European Union to put pressure on Libya to address gangs smuggling of migrants from Africa in boats stacked and prevent the recurrence of incidents such as crash accident that killed hundreds last month . And sank more than 360 people off the coast of Sicily in the third of October. The migrants, mostly from Eritrea , had sailed from Libya , where abused by smugglers treatment and made them pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for transportation to Europe . The Prime Minister said the Italian Enrico Letta after meeting his counterpart in Malta , Joseph Muscat in the capital Valletta There is a need for an initiative of the European Union with Libya to try to patrol management and border controls in a different way . Letta s remarks came after three days of throwing in Sicily investigators arrested a man on charges of kidnapping , extortion and rape of some migrant after Necathen of the incident last month . She horrific stories of migrant told investigators Italians their worst fears felt by humanitarian groups on the situation in Libya. Two years after the overthrow of The GREAT JAMAHIRIYA, still rival militias fighting for power and the Rat NATO Puppet Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zaidane had been held hostage for a short period last month. Muscat said We must send a strong message that we are dealing with human beings. This also means addressing the criminal networks of human traffickers . And endured Italy, Malta and Greece the brunt of the ongoing migration crisis in the European Union two decades ago. The three countries called for greater support from the European Union . In the absence of a coordinated response from the European Union sent Italy vessels and helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles in an attempt to prevent the occurrence of similar ugly incidents at sea. Letta said that the task saved the lives of hundreds over the past month and pressed the smugglers, who he described as merchants of death . Malta is preparing to send a military ship to Libya to help guard the coast and prevent boats carrying migrants from sailing . Letta said that the method pursued by the European Union towards the Mediterranean Sea during the past two decades was wrong and that Italy will pay in order to change the policies of the Union consisting of 28 countries in the region when it holds the rotating presidency next year. We need a new European policy toward Africa and the Middle East. On the other hand the two leaders said it was likely to reach Italy and Malta early next year to an agreement on the exploration for oil and gas in the sea.
Posted on: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 22:09:02 +0000
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