Interior Minister Matteo Salvini
said Monday that hotspots for asylum seekers trying to enter
Europe should be in the south of Libya, rather than in Italy.
"Reception hotspots in Italy? It would be a problem for Italy
and for Libya itself because the death fluxes would not stop,"
Salvini, who is on a visit to Tripoli, said via Twitter.
"We have proposed reception centres situated at the southern
border of Libya to prevent Tripoli becoming a bottleneck".
Libyan Deputy Premier Ahmed Maiteeq, however, ruled out the
prospect of the North African country hosting camps for
asylum-seekers.
"We categorically reject (the idea of) camps for migrants in
Libya," Maiteeq told a joint press conference following with
Salvini.
"It is not allowed by Libyan law".
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