Brussels, 21/02/2011 (Agence Europe) - Although the Frontex agency's Hermes mission began its deployment on Sunday 20 February in Italy (to help tackle the recent influx of more than 5,000 Tunisians on the island of Lampedusa), the European Commission and several member states expressed their concerns, on Monday 21 February, about the situation in Libya, which has been gripped by protests and repression that could trigger off a new wave of immigration towards the EU.
The Hermes mission was...