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EU Backs Migrant Crisis Naval Force

EU backs naval force, SE Asia migrants, Egypt sexual violence

EU ministers have approved plans to establish a naval force to combat people-smugglers operating from Libya. The UN has condemned the refusal of South-East Asian countries to rescue thousands of migrants adrift at sea. Egypt's security forces have been accused by a human rights group of using sexual violence against detainees on a massive scale.

(Photo: Asylum seekers disembark from an Italian Navy ship. Credit: Getty Images)

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Tue 19 May 2015 04:05GMT

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  • Tue 19 May 2015 04:05GMT