Press Release: European Commissioners Malmström and Füle visit Libya to reinforce EU-Libya cooperation

Cecilia Malmström, European Commissioner for Home Affairs, and Štefan Füle, European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy, travelled to Libya on 4-6 October 2010 where they met representatives of the Libyan government to discuss the state of bilateral relations, two years after the start of negotiations on an EU-Libya Framework Agreement.

Particular attention was paid to advancing co-operation on migration issues, particularly improving the protection of refugees but also border control, co-operation with countries of origin and so forth.

Blogs: Migrants at Sea, 6.10.10: Cecilia Malmström: Back From Libya http://migrantsatsea.wordpress.com/2010/10/06/cecilia-malmstrom-back-from-libya/

European Commission: EU in the World: Where: Libya http://ec.europa.eu/world/where/libya/index_en.htm

BBC News, 6.10.10: EU and Libya reach deal on illegal migrants http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11484192

ESO: Background information: Gaddafi seeks EU funds to curb illegal migrants http://www.europeansources.info/record/gaddafi-seeks-eu-funds-to-curb-illegal-migrants/

European Commission: Memo/10/472: European Commission and Libya agree a Migration Cooperation agenda during high level visit to boost EU-Libya relations http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/10/472&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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