Libya will refuse "all initiatives aimed at repatriating migrants to its territory", Foreign Minister Muhammad Sayala said Wednesday.
Sayala, a member of the national unity government, told the
LANA news agency that "Libya will in no way accept what is being
reported by some news outlets regarding the repatriation of
illegal migrants towards the North African countries they have
come from".
Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has said Italy will send
back 177 migrants to Libya unless the EU agrees to redistribute
them.
They are currently at Catania but have been prevented from
landing pending the EU's response.
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