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EU officials meet to strengthen border agency amid refugee lawsuit
Original: EU officials meet to strengthen border agency as refugee sues over alleged abuses in Libya
EU officials are meeting to strengthen the bloc's border agency, Frontex, at the same time as a refugee is suing over alleged abuses connected to EU-backed operations in Libya. The timing puts renewed attention on the tension between expanding Europe's border enforcement and allegations of mistreatment of migrants intercepted and detained in Libya. The case could raise fresh legal and political questions about the EU's responsibility for abuses in its migration cooperation with Libyan forces.
Why now: A new lawsuit over alleged abuses in Libya is drawing scrutiny to the EU's border policy just as officials move to expand the border agency.
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- EU officials meet to strengthen border agency as refugee sues over alleged abuses in Libya · The Washington Post
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