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EU Plans Return Hubs amid Malta Boat Rescue, Libya Protests

6/8/2026

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EU politicians discussed a framework to create “return hubs” for deporting rejected asylum seekers, after providing Libya with €700 million since 2015.
Coastguard recovered ten bodies and rescued forty-eight survivors after a migrant boat capsized 45 nm off Malta.
IOM reports at least 990 Mediterranean deaths this year, down from 2,180 last year.
Hundreds protested outside the UN refugee agency in Tripoli, accusing it of making Libya a “garbage bin” for migrants.

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EU politicians discussed a framework to create “return hubs” for deporting rejected asylum seekers, after providing Libya with €700 million since 2015.
Coastguard recovered ten bodies and rescued forty-eight survivors after a migrant boat capsized 45 nm off Malta.
IOM reports at least 990 Mediterranean deaths this year, down from 2,180 last year.
Hundreds protested outside the UN refugee agency in Tripoli, accusing it of making Libya a “garbage bin” for migrants.