Many foreigners flee to neighboring Tunisia To extract the remaining up to 6,000 Europeans from Libya, including the EU a military mission any longer. This was "one of the possibilities" that would consider as part of a contingency plan, it said on Thursday the European External Action Service (EAD).
Currently it is still far away from. give the Member States, there currently is no discussion about a possible military operation, was reported in diplomatic circles. Very concerned, the Commission was also on the situation of indigenous people. About 5,000 people had taken refuge at the Libyan border to Tunisia, even at the border to Egypt endured many people.
They would supply the local Red Cross and the Egyptian army. In the Foreign Service of the EU in view of developments in Libya reportedly also been thinking about the possibility of sending a military mission with humanitarian objectives in the country. According to the EU Commission on Thursday were still 5000-6000 Europeans established in Libya, about 1,000 of them in the city of Benghazi.
There, the situation is particularly difficult because the airport can no longer be used. "This is a great emergency," said Commission spokesman Raphael Brigandi. 5000 EU-citizens were taken to Brigandis information already in safety. On Wednesday evening, the EU had launched a consultation among Member States.
But when departing by air, it always comes back to problems with the takeoffs and landings. Some machines are half empty, "said Brigandi. That is why the EU is now also using military ships in the region. With success could go 500 of the located in Benghazi Europeans was about to board a Chinese military vessel, said the commission spokesman.
The ship was expected before noon on Thursday in Benghazi. Also, three ships of the German navy are to be on the way to the Libyan coast to the rescue of German citizens in Libya. The frigates "Brandenburg", "Rheinland-Pfalz" and the task force supply "Berlin" were on their way to the Great Bay before Sirte Libya, a spokesman for the Federal Ministry of Defence said on Thursday.
The ships with about 600 men on board should support the emigration of German citizens in Libya. The Syrtis Major is located between the coastal cities of Benghazi and Misurata. The Foreign Office has advised all Germans in the North African country to leave. The army had been involved this week with two transport aircraft to the retrieval.
With two Transall machines and a special flight of Lufthansa could be flown out on Tuesday a total of about 350 German and European nationals from Libya. Greek ferries to bring on behalf of Beijing in the coming days, around 15,000 Chinese from Libya to safety. Two ferries on Thursday reached the port city of Iraklion on the Greek island of Crete - on board: 4600 Chinese, 30 Thais and 30 EU citizens.
Three planes of the Greek Air Force were to bring Greeks and other EU citizens to safety. Turkey also took out five German from Libya. They came with about 3,000 people on two boats in Marmaris Turkey, reported the Turkish news channel NTV. Turkey, which has been cleared out more than 5,000 of its 25,000 citizens assurance from the ongoing rescue operation across the Mediterranean with frigates.
Italy is also one of the Navy aircraft and ships. Meanwhile, almost 600 Americans were trapped. "The delayed departure of the ferry from Tripoli to Malta on account of bad weather," said Philip Crowley, spokesman for the U.S. State Department. Two Maltese catamaran ferries should have put the Americans on behalf of the Foreign Ministry have on Wednesday night in safety.
American planes can not land in Libya. Malta is seen by Libya from the nearest EU country. Romania also is sending two transport aircraft of the Air Force toward Libya. With four special machinery of the civil defense flew from Russia, hundreds of its citizens from Tripoli. Among them were out of many women and children and senior managers of state companies like Gazprom and Lukoil and the state railway have been told the State Department.
Between southern and northern EU Member States, meanwhile, ruled on Thursday remain deadlocked over the migratory pressure emanating from the developments in Libya and North Africa. At a meeting of EU interior ministers in Brussels, Federal Interior Minister de Maizière made it clear for Germany, Italy, first of all that alone should take care of the recent migrants.
"There have been no major refugee flows, we should seek not talk," he said. Of the 6,000 immigrants who had now arrived on Lampedusa, just 50 have made an application for asylum. The other, possibly because they have a better economic future in Europe had hoped. Therefore the EU must provide development assistance in countries of origin and do not help to get people to Europe.
Similarly, the Swedish Minister argued Billström, who pointed out that his country had received 32 000 asylum seekers last year. "Since we have not required a distribution to other countries." The Austrian Minister Fekter said her country was one of the five EU countries, which took in most asylum seekers, Italy could cope alone with the people of Lampedusa.
The Italian Interior Minister Maroni, however, the repeated request of his country for help in taking out illegal immigrants. "We are facing a catastrophic emergency, we were not there can be alone." He was supported by the Spanish Minister Rubalcaba, who said that Italy was the gateway to Europe.
At issue is a European response to a problem that concerns not only the southerners. Member States had agreed on Wednesday evening to prepare sanctions against the Libyan leadership. Under discussion are travel bans, freezing of assets in Europe and an arms embargo. Diplomats said that a formal decision could be taken only in the next week.
At the beginning of the week, this issue also includes Italy struggled against sanctions. The EU called on the Libyan regime once again for an end to the violence against civilians and to include the "legitimate demands" of the people. "The massive brutal violation of human rights is unacceptable," it said in a statement the foreign policy chief Ashton.
Currently it is still far away from. give the Member States, there currently is no discussion about a possible military operation, was reported in diplomatic circles. Very concerned, the Commission was also on the situation of indigenous people. About 5,000 people had taken refuge at the Libyan border to Tunisia, even at the border to Egypt endured many people.
They would supply the local Red Cross and the Egyptian army. In the Foreign Service of the EU in view of developments in Libya reportedly also been thinking about the possibility of sending a military mission with humanitarian objectives in the country. According to the EU Commission on Thursday were still 5000-6000 Europeans established in Libya, about 1,000 of them in the city of Benghazi.
There, the situation is particularly difficult because the airport can no longer be used. "This is a great emergency," said Commission spokesman Raphael Brigandi. 5000 EU-citizens were taken to Brigandis information already in safety. On Wednesday evening, the EU had launched a consultation among Member States.
But when departing by air, it always comes back to problems with the takeoffs and landings. Some machines are half empty, "said Brigandi. That is why the EU is now also using military ships in the region. With success could go 500 of the located in Benghazi Europeans was about to board a Chinese military vessel, said the commission spokesman.
The ship was expected before noon on Thursday in Benghazi. Also, three ships of the German navy are to be on the way to the Libyan coast to the rescue of German citizens in Libya. The frigates "Brandenburg", "Rheinland-Pfalz" and the task force supply "Berlin" were on their way to the Great Bay before Sirte Libya, a spokesman for the Federal Ministry of Defence said on Thursday.
The ships with about 600 men on board should support the emigration of German citizens in Libya. The Syrtis Major is located between the coastal cities of Benghazi and Misurata. The Foreign Office has advised all Germans in the North African country to leave. The army had been involved this week with two transport aircraft to the retrieval.
With two Transall machines and a special flight of Lufthansa could be flown out on Tuesday a total of about 350 German and European nationals from Libya. Greek ferries to bring on behalf of Beijing in the coming days, around 15,000 Chinese from Libya to safety. Two ferries on Thursday reached the port city of Iraklion on the Greek island of Crete - on board: 4600 Chinese, 30 Thais and 30 EU citizens.
Three planes of the Greek Air Force were to bring Greeks and other EU citizens to safety. Turkey also took out five German from Libya. They came with about 3,000 people on two boats in Marmaris Turkey, reported the Turkish news channel NTV. Turkey, which has been cleared out more than 5,000 of its 25,000 citizens assurance from the ongoing rescue operation across the Mediterranean with frigates.
Italy is also one of the Navy aircraft and ships. Meanwhile, almost 600 Americans were trapped. "The delayed departure of the ferry from Tripoli to Malta on account of bad weather," said Philip Crowley, spokesman for the U.S. State Department. Two Maltese catamaran ferries should have put the Americans on behalf of the Foreign Ministry have on Wednesday night in safety.
American planes can not land in Libya. Malta is seen by Libya from the nearest EU country. Romania also is sending two transport aircraft of the Air Force toward Libya. With four special machinery of the civil defense flew from Russia, hundreds of its citizens from Tripoli. Among them were out of many women and children and senior managers of state companies like Gazprom and Lukoil and the state railway have been told the State Department.
Between southern and northern EU Member States, meanwhile, ruled on Thursday remain deadlocked over the migratory pressure emanating from the developments in Libya and North Africa. At a meeting of EU interior ministers in Brussels, Federal Interior Minister de Maizière made it clear for Germany, Italy, first of all that alone should take care of the recent migrants.
"There have been no major refugee flows, we should seek not talk," he said. Of the 6,000 immigrants who had now arrived on Lampedusa, just 50 have made an application for asylum. The other, possibly because they have a better economic future in Europe had hoped. Therefore the EU must provide development assistance in countries of origin and do not help to get people to Europe.
Similarly, the Swedish Minister argued Billström, who pointed out that his country had received 32 000 asylum seekers last year. "Since we have not required a distribution to other countries." The Austrian Minister Fekter said her country was one of the five EU countries, which took in most asylum seekers, Italy could cope alone with the people of Lampedusa.
The Italian Interior Minister Maroni, however, the repeated request of his country for help in taking out illegal immigrants. "We are facing a catastrophic emergency, we were not there can be alone." He was supported by the Spanish Minister Rubalcaba, who said that Italy was the gateway to Europe.
At issue is a European response to a problem that concerns not only the southerners. Member States had agreed on Wednesday evening to prepare sanctions against the Libyan leadership. Under discussion are travel bans, freezing of assets in Europe and an arms embargo. Diplomats said that a formal decision could be taken only in the next week.
At the beginning of the week, this issue also includes Italy struggled against sanctions. The EU called on the Libyan regime once again for an end to the violence against civilians and to include the "legitimate demands" of the people. "The massive brutal violation of human rights is unacceptable," it said in a statement the foreign policy chief Ashton.
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