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France to conduct asylum seeker checks in Libya: Macron

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Last Updated : Jul 27 2017 | 4:07 PM IST
France will set up a processing centre this summer in Libya for asylum seekers trying to reach Europe across the Mediterranean, President Emmanuel Macron announced today.
"The idea is to create hotspots to avoid people taking crazy risks when they are not all eligible for asylum. We'll go to them," he said during a visit to a refugee shelter in central France, adding the plan would be put in place "this summer".

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First Published: Jul 27 2017 | 4:07 PM IST

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