EU leaders agree to enforce Libya arms embargo with warships, despite fears of spike in migration

European Union foreign ministers

European Union foreign ministers have agreed to launch a naval operation to enforce an arms embargo on Libya, despite warnings from within the bloc that doing so would encourage new flows of migrants to Europe.

The EU ministers agreed to the naval operation at a meeting in Brussels on Monday. Aimed at simmering down the country’s ongoing civil war, the operation will also have an air component and the possibility of ground forces, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio was quoted by AFP as saying

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