European Union sources said
Friday that they could "see" the limits of the Triton sea
operation in the Mediterranean, but added that there was no
consensus among the 28 member states on beefing it up to help
cope with the crisis caused by the massive wave of migrants
arriving from North Africa.
Italy has complained that Europe is not doing enough to
help, with the chaos in Libya contributing to a huge increase
this year in the already large number of refugees landing in its
coasts.
There have been a series of migrant-boat disasters and on
Thursday Italian police said witnesses had told them that a
group of Muslims threw 12 Christians overboard in a fight on the
way to Sicily.
But the EU sources said that "there is not yet the
collective will for a stronger collective maritime initiative"
ahead of Monday's meeting of European foreign ministers focusing
on Libya.
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