During a meeting on Monday, the undersecretary of the Ministry of Defence, Salah El-Din El-Namroush has agreed with the European Ambassador, Alan Bugeja on the necessity to cooperate in the immigration file. For instance, the two sides agreed that Libya and the EU could work together to curb the flow of illegal immigrants to southern Europe while taking into account their humanitarian situation.

Both sides emphasized that this requires implementing bilateral projects, in order to ensure effective management of the Libyan borders and the joint maritime borders with the European Union.