Why offshore processing of refugees bound for Europe is such a bad idea

Feature discusses critically a UNHCR (United Nations Refugee Agency) plan to regularise the flow of refugees from Africa to Europe by encouraging the EU and several African countries to set up screening systems for EU-bound migrants in countries en route to Libya, such as Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Chad and Sudan.

African and EU Ministers discussed the plan in Tunis on the 24 July 2017.

• Primary Source

The Guardian, 24.07.17: European and African ministers discuss plan to tackle flow of refugees https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/24/european-african-ministers-discuss-plan-refugees-tunis

ESO: Information Guide: European Migration Challenges http://www.europeansources.info/record/information-guide-european-migration-challenges/

ESO: Background information: Don’t close borders, manage them: how to improve EU policy on migration through Libya [ECFR: Policy Memo, June 2017] http://www.europeansources.info/record/dont-close-borders-manage-them-how-to-improve-eu-policy-on-migration-through-libya/

ESO: Background information: Refugee and migrant flows through Libya on the rise – report (UNHCR, July 2017) http://www.europeansources.info/record/refugee-and-migrant-flows-through-libya-on-the-rise-report/

Euro|Topics: Debates, July 2017: Will Macron secure peace in Libya? (et al) http://www.europeansources.info/record/will-macron-secure-peace-in-libya/

ESO: Background information: Italy threatens EU with closure of ports to rescue boats, June 2017 http://www.europeansources.info/record/italy-threatens-eu-with-closure-of-ports-to-rescue-boats/

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