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The European Commission has previously said the Libyan Coast Guard is infiltrated by criminal gangs (Photo: SOS Mediterranee)

Russia tightens Libya hold, sparking migration fears ahead of EU summit

EU leaders meeting for their summit in Brussels this week will again broach migration, with demands to step up returns, implement EU-wide asylum law, and shore up external borders.

While the language in the draft conclusions, seen by EUobserver, are standard fair for an EU summit, it also comes amid a flurry of potentially

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The European Commission has previously said the Libyan Coast Guard is infiltrated by criminal gangs (Photo: SOS Mediterranee)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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