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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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