Libya’s prime minister said Friday he would not allow the EU to set up asylum processing centres in his country, in a new setback for European leaders seeking to curb new migrant arrivals.

Head of Libya’s Presidency Council, Faiez Serraj, called on the international community to present a unified stance towards Libya, to push for early elections and to push the House of Representatives to stop obstructing the political process.

The European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) has recorded a drop in the number of migrants to Italy crossing the Mediterranean last June to 3 thousand migrants, which represents a decline of 87% compared to the same month last year.

Last month, I visited a detention centre in Tripoli where the International Rescue Committee provides health services to migrants who have been detained by the Libyan authorities.

Federica Mogherini, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, has visited Libya’s capital, Tripoli, to reopen the bloc’s diplomatic presence and border assistance mission.

Leader of the Italian conservative party Fratelli d’Italia “Brothers of Italy” Giorgia Meloni has urged for a naval blockade on Libya to stop immigration boats from heading to European southern coasts.

The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to authorize the European Union’s maritime force to enforce an arms embargo on the high seas off the coast of Libya for another year.

Rival Libyan factions agreed on Tuesday on a declaration that would create a political framework to pave the way for UN-backed elections in December to end the country’s seven-year-old conflict.

The Local Council of Derna in eastern Libya has sent a distress call for all local and international organizations, UN, Arab League, African Union and others to help the civilian population amid deteriorated humanitarian conditions.

Seven years after the Arab uprisings, Libya’s deinstitutionalization of the established order is far from being a success story. In 2011, the ‘Arab Spring’ events were a surprise to the EU, its member states and western organizations. With the outbreak of the protests, the EU was forced to face the …