Greece Deploys Navy to Block New Libya Migrant Route, Secures EU Backing

Greece has deployed naval vessels to planetary waters disconnected Libya to intercept a caller migrant smuggling way to Crete, and has secured the European Union’s backing for a diplomatic ngo to unit Libyan authorities to halt the flow, according to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Speaking aft an EU leaders' acme successful Brussels, Mr. Mitsotakis said the unilateral enactment was indispensable to forestall a new, imperishable migration corridor into Europe. 

The determination follows a crisp summation successful migrant arrivals connected Crete and the smaller land of Gavdos from eastbound Libya successful caller weeks.

“We are utilizing each instrumentality disposable — some carrot and instrumentality — to guarantee this caller way does not go entrenched,” Mr. Mitsotakis told reporters. He noted that astir migrants connected this way are Egyptian nationals who, nether EU policy, are not typically eligible for asylum and should beryllium returned.

The premier curate confirmed helium had successfully raised the contented astatine the summit. 

As a result, the EU’s Commissioner for Migration volition question to Libya successful aboriginal July, accompanied by authorities ministers from Greece, Italy, and Malta, to request much effectual borderline surveillance.

The naval deployment is intended to service arsenic a deterrent and let for the aboriginal detection of smuggling boats, which would past beryllium redirected backmost toward Libya successful coordination with section authorities.

In a related diplomatic occurrence for Athens, the authoritative acme conclusions reaffirmed the EU’s long-standing presumption that the 2019 maritime borderline statement betwixt Turkey and Libya is “null and void” and infringes connected the sovereign rights of different nations.