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Libya
Draghi and Macron aim to stop migrants reaching Mediterranean

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and French President Emmanuel Macron on May 18, 2021 in Paris. © Blondet Eliot/Abaca Press/Reuters

The two leaders will present a common migration strategy at the next European Council meeting. It will focus on transit countries, notably Tunisia, Libya and the Sahel states. [...]

Published on 31/05/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

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London to step up pressure on Russian and Turkish paramilitary outfits to withdraw from Libya

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Italy extends its migrant retention system to the Sahel

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