EU home affairs ministers meeting in Brussels on Thursday 14 September once again gave their backing to Italian efforts to stem the arrival of migrants on its coasts from Libya.
As they did in Tallinn on 7 July (see EUROPE 11824) with the draft code of conduct for NGOs, ministers this time congratulated Italy on its various initiatives, such as its agreements with Libyan localities to find new ways of increasing economic wealth for those who might be tempted to become people smugglers....