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Journal of Refugee Studies Advance Access published online on January 23, 2008
Journal of Refugee Studies, doi:10.1093/jrs/fem040
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© The Author [2008]. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

EU–Libya Cooperation on Migration: A Raw Deal for Refugees and Migrants?

Sara Hamood

Former Researcher at the Forced Migration and Refugee Studies Program, American University in Cairo, 113 Kasr el Aini, PO Box 2511, Cairo 11511, Egypt

sarahamood{at}hotmail.com

Libya's emergence as a key jumping-off point for entry into Europe by sea has created a sense of urgency within the EU, which seeks to prevent arrivals from this new point of departure, and has led to the initiation of EU–Libya cooperation on migration. This article argues that the EU is failing to adopt an integrated approach to migration management in Libya, despite its repeated assurances to the contrary. It examines EU–Libya cooperation, still in its early stages, and analyses the experiences of refugees and migrants in Libya and on their journeys to Europe. Both elements strongly indicate that the current approach, which focuses on border control and surveillance, is likely to meet with limited success in achieving the EU's aims of stemming the flow of irregular migrants arriving from Libya in Italy and Malta, protecting the human rights of those in transit and ensuring humanitarian outcomes for them.

Key Words: irregular migration • human rights • EU migration policy

MS received April 1, 2006 ; revised MS received January 1, 2007
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