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EU-LIBYA: Libya is boycotting an EU project relating to asylum, while the development of the police and the military continues apace

17 January 2014

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"The European Union’s activities relating to the restructuring of the Libyan security apparatus must be halted without delay. This applies to training projects for the military and for the police,” said Andrej Hunko, Member of the German Bundestag, in response to the Federal Government’s answer to a Minor Interpellation about the EUROSUR border surveillance system."

Andrej Hunko went on: “Italy is establishing facilities to monitor Libya’s sea and land borders. These facilities are connected to Italian command and control centres. The aim is to prevent refugees from making the crossing to Europe. If they are detected while still in Libyan waters, the EU Member States can avoid having to deal with asylum applications. However, the protection of refugees is not guaranteed in Libya. There are reports of serious abuses by the police and militias."

See the full text: Libya is boycotting an EU project relating to asylum, while the development of the police and the military continues apace (Andrej Hunko, link)

And see: Answer to the Minor Interpellation entitled “The launch of the EUROSUR border surveillance network” (pdf)

See also: 340 Libyan military personnel coming to be trained in italy, and the press release also talks of training that is being carried out by italians in Libya, "to support the transition": Libia, 340 militari in Italia per addestramento (link)

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