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EU 'civilian' mission training paramilitaries in Libya

18 November 2011

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"The EU's "civilian" border mission in Libya is in fact training paramilitary forces, amid a wider European and US effort to stop Libya becoming a "failed state." According to an internal EU paper - a blueprint for the border mission, Eubam Libya, dated 18 April and seen by EUobserver - its "main effort" is to build up the "operational level" of Libya's "Border Guards (BG)" and "Naval Coast Guard (NCG).
... Apart from training paramilitaries to stop EU-bound migrants on land and maritime borders, the EU is also trying to build up Libya's ability to spot and stop migrant boats in the Mediterranean Sea."

See the full article: EU 'civilian' mission training paramilitaries in Libya (euobserver, link)

See also: German police instructed Tunisia and Egypt on internet surveillance prior to revolutions (Statewatch database, link)

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