Some 800,000 migrants are set to
invade Italy from conflict-torn Libya, Premier Fayez al-Sarraj
told Corriere della Sera Monday.
"Do something quickly," he said, "the worsening of the
situation in Libya could push 800,000 migrants and Libyans to
invade Italy and Europe".
Among them, he said, were criminals and, above all, jihadists
linked to ISIS.
Sarraj thanked Italy for its mediation and support for peace
in Libya.
Eastern Libyan strongman General Khalifa Haftar has "betrayed
Libya and the international community" with his offensive on the
UN-backed government in Tripoli, Sarraj said.
"We need Rome and the EU to be united and firm in blocking
Haftar's war of aggression," he told journalists.
"I thank Italy for keeping its embassy open, for keeping the
Misrata field camp and for the political support that the Conte
government is offering us.
"We are faced with an aggression that might spread its cancer
in all the Mediterranean".
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