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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9903

16 May 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 26 / 32
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha
Berlin backs sending migrants back to Libya

Brussels, 15/05/2009 (Agence Europe) - Secretary of State at the Federal Home Affairs Ministry Peter Altmeier said on Thursday 14 May that Italy's returning of would-be immigrants to Libya was legal. “The Interior Ministry agrees with the Italian government. What happened was fully in line with international law,” he said in a debate organised by the EPP. He argued that the migrants had been picked up in international waters, so the Italian vessels could perfectly legally force them to...

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