With Italy having noted a record number of 181,000 migrant arrivals in 2016, the European Commission proposed a series of measures on Wednesday 25 January aimed at stemming migration flows from Libya. These measures include the training of Libyan coastguards and assistance to Libya's neighbours, like Tunisia, Algeria or Egypt.
These actions, which will form the basis of discussions between the European leaders at the informal summit in Malta on Friday 3 February, will benefit from a...