Overview

• EU Internal Affairs and Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner and ministers from Greece, Italy and Malta were denied entry to eastern Libya and declared persona non grata
• The Benghazi-based government led by Osama Hamad enforced a decree requiring prior permission for foreign visits and ordered the delegation’s immediate expulsion
• Earlier the delegation met with the U.N.-recognized Tripoli government of Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah to address the migration crisis before flying east
• Dbeibah has tasked his interior ministry with developing a national migration plan grounded in practical cooperation with international partners
• Libya’s persistent east–west political schism and Haftar-aligned security challenges continue to complicate efforts to curb migrant departures across the Mediterranean