Translation of "Libya " (English → French) :

Reducing the number of crossings and saving lives by enhancing ongoing support, including through EUNAVFOR Operation Sophia, to the Libyan Coast Guard and Navy, including through expanding the training activities through an immediate €1 million addition to the Seahorse programme and a grant of €2.2 million under the Regional Development and Protection Programme in North Africa and establishing a Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre; Stepping up the fight against smugglers and traffickers by ensuring an operational 'Seahorse Mediterranean' Network by Spring 2017 to strengthen the border authorities of North African countries and allow bet ...[+++]ter operational cooperation amongst them; Protecting migrants, increasing resettlement and promoting assisted voluntary returns, by supporting UNHCR work with the Libyan authorities to address the situation of persons in need of international protection, supporting IOM in improving the situation of migrants in Libya and expanding its assisted voluntary returns programme from Libya to countries of origin; Managing migrant flows through the southern Libyan border by deploying the full range of EU missions and projects to support the Libyan authorities in border management and migrant protection, promoting dialogue between Libya and its neighbours and maintaining the momentum of results with Niger under the Partnership Framework; Increasing dialogue and operational cooperation with partners in North Africa on migration management; Stepping up funding from the EU Trust Fund for Africa by mobilising €200 million for projects in 2017 to support actions such as training and equipping the Libyan Coast Guard, improving the conditions for migrants and stepping up assisted voluntary returns.

2. Third States contributing to EUBAM Libya shall have the same rights and obligations in terms of the day-to-day management of EUBAM Libya as Member States taking part in EUBAM Libya.

1. Without prejudice to the decision-making autonomy of the Union and its single institutional framework, third States may be invited to contribute to EUBAM Libya, provided that they bear the cost of the staff seconded by them, including salaries, all risk insurance cover, daily subsistence allowances and travel expenses to and from Libya, and that they contribute to the running costs of EUBAM Libya, as appropriate.

The objectives of EUBAM Libya are to support the Libyan authorities to develop capacity for enhancing the security of Libya’s land, sea and air borders in the short term and to develop a broader IBM strategy in the longer term.

The Union hereby establishes a European Union Integrated Border Management Assistance Mission in Libya (EUBAM Libya).

On 9 January 2013, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Libya addressed a letter to the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (HR), welcoming the Union’s CSDP proposal to support the Libyan authorities in developing the capacity to enhance the security of Libya’s borders in the short term, and to assist in developing a broader strategic Integrated Border Management (IBM) concept in the longer term.