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Vincenzo Genovese

European Commission dismisses NGOs' call to stop financing of Libyan Coast Guard

The European Commission has dismissed a call from 42 civil society organisations for it to stop financing the so-called Libyan Coast Guards whose agents are deployed on the country’s coast to prevent migrants’ boats from setting sail.

Some 42 European civil society organizations have written an open letter to EU Commissioners for Home Affairs Magnus Brunner, and for the Mediterranean, Dubravka Šuica, asking for the executive to stop the funding.

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