Italy says control of Libya’s southern border is “critical”
Italian Interior Minister,Marco Minetti said, control of Libya’s southern border is “critical” to fight illegal immigration and counter-terrorism.
According to the Italian news agency Aki, Mennetti said he “does not rule out ” foreign fighters, who joined IS in Syria and Iraq, to use migration flows to reach Europe.
Italian Prime Minister, Paolo Gentiloni has expressed the same thought .
The head of the Presidential Council (PC), Faiz Al-Saraj called on the international community to help Libya in securing its southern border to reduce the number of migrants.
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