EU considers resettling Libyan refugees with 'no home to go back to'

Representatives from EU interior ministries will discuss on Friday whether to resettle them.

23 March 2011, 12:00am

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European Union officials will meet this week to discuss whether they should welcome some 4,000 refugees who remain stranded in conflict-torn Libya with no place to go, a spokesman for EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said.

Marcin Grabiec said most of the people in question are from sub-Saharan African countries such as Somalia, which has been the scene of a violent insurgency.

Representatives from EU interior ministries will discuss on Friday whether to resettle them.

"A few countries have shown willingness to resettle, including Italy," Grabiec noted.

Italy has already had thousands of refugees land on its shores amid the ongoing unrest across North Africa.

EU countries have also helped repatriate thousands of foreigners from the Tunisian-Libyan border area. But these 4,000 refugees have 'no home to go back to,' Grabiec said.

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Hellfire, whatever pen-name you choose, you always end up making yourself known. very few Maltese-Canadians are able to degrade themselves as you do. . In case you weren't aware, what you write is a reflection of you not of those you insult.

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Why not ask Sarko` to remedy the problem. It was he who started everything. He called the tune he must now pay the piper. As Berlusconi is belatedly finding out, the impish Sarko` instigated the Libya civil war. He should now be made to face the consequences. Total war for Total oil should now include Total solution to the immigrants' problem. One can only hope RCC is not tempted to make us shoulder the responsibility he was induced to share by his friends in Brussels. Come to think of it, that RCC is really a pain in the ... and I don't mean just Jensen's ...