Interior Minister Marco Minniti
told southern Libyan mayors Thursday "let's make a pact to free
our lands of (migrant) traffickers, together no goal is beyond
us," according to a tweet from the Italian embassy in Tripoli.
Libyan Premier Fayez al-Sarraj said "we will do our all to
ease the pressure on the Italian coasts" where migrants from
Libya land.
Italy is trying to get the EU to share the burden of migrant
reception, saying one country cannot be left to cope alone.
It has drafted a code of conduct for migrant-rescuing NGO
ships but its calls for migrants to land in other countries have
been ignored.
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