Migrant terrorists ‘will devastate ALL the EU’ thanks to free movement, Libya PM warns – Express.co.uk

Faiez Sarrajs warning comes after Spanish police linked the catastrophic terror attack in Barcelona which claimed the lives of 15 people to radical North African groups.

The head of the UN-supported Libyan government Mr Sarraj said: When migrants reach Europe, they will move freely.

If, God forbid, there are terrorist elements among the migrants, a result of any incident will affect all of the EU.

Almost 98,000 migrants are believed to have entered Italy from Libya in the last year.

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Mr Sarraj has since called on the EU to help secure the nations border and asked the UN to lift an embargo which stops Libya from purchasing arms.

The prime minister also said it was time to pressure African nations into taking back economic migrants.

He told The Times: The EU must do more to us help face smuggling.

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We cant put the burden on Libya and Italy alone as it is important for all of Europe.

In recent days Libya banned foreign ships from a stretch of water off its coast, prompting many NGOs to halt their search and rescue missions in a move welcomed by the Italian government.

Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano accuses the European Union of abandoning his country as it struggles to cope with the refugee crisis.

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Asked if Italy had been abandoned by other European nations, Mr Alfano said: A very clear yes.

He added: Italy is contributing, but we cannot cope with this burden alone.

He went on to claim European governments should be looking to Libya as the only solution to decrease the number of migrants reaching Italy.

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Las Ramblas after a vehicle mounted the pavement and drove towards crowds

The warning sparked fury from Brexit champion Nigel Farage, who campaigned to leave the EU for 20 years and isfurious nothing more was done to halt the migrant crisis.

Mr Farage, who gave the very same warning in a speech in Brussels in 2015, tweeted: I warned Europe in 2015 that boats arriving from war-torn regions posed a huge threat. We are now paying the price.

He added: When ISIS said they would flood Europe with 500,000 Islamic extremists, Merkel and EU should have listened.

They have now failed us all.

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