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Both Libyan Governments Oppose EU Military Plan Against Migrant Smugglers

Both the legitimately elected Libyan government in Tobruk and the Islamist faction controlling the nation’s capital, Tripoli, have expressed opposition to a plan by European Union nations to use military force to combat human trafficking across the Mediterranean Sea, which has cost a record number of lives already in 2015.

Argiris Mantikos/Eurokinissi, via Reuters

Greece ‘Overwhelmed’ by Influx of Syrian Refugees Across the Aegean

While the ongoing migrant crisis in the Mediterranean Sea has captured the world’s attention after more than 800 people drowned in a capsized ship headed to Italy last week, a parallel situation has begun to unravel in the Aegean, with more than 100 mostly Syrian refugees drowning in the last 48 hours as they attempted to reach Greece.