LIBYA, the war-torn state, which has become a transit country for people allegedly fleeing* to Europe from war and poverty in Africa, already has to deal with hundreds of thousands of illegal Muslim migrants on its territory, according to the Libyan prime minister. He has pleaded for international help and lambasted Europe for trying to pass this burden on to Libya. *Fleeing war is a legal reason to request asylum, fleeing poverty is not.

Sputnik News (h/t Marvin W) Libya’s prime minister, Fayez al-Sarraj, has rejected Europe’s Libya’s prime minister, Fayez al-Sarraj, has rejected Europe’s plans to place illegal migrants, “no longer wanted in the EU,” on his country’s territory. Commenting on the bloc’s proposition to open special “anchor centers” for refugees in third transit countries, he told the German tabloid Bild that Tripoli wouldn’t “agree on any deals with EU money about taking in more illegal migrants.”

But as recently as July 8th, it appeared that Italy had stuck a deal with Libya to take back the illegal migrants in exchange for billions of euros.

“There won’t be any deals with us. I am very surprised that while nobody in Europe wants to take in migrants anymore they are asking us to take in further hundreds of thousands,” he stated.

The head of the Libyan interim Government of National Accord stressed, that his country was already burdened by the influx of illegal migrants, which impairs the country’s security with hundreds of thousands of illegal migrants, while its existing refugee shelters house tens of thousands.

“They include terrorists, criminals, and human traffickers who do not care about human rights. It’s horrible. In order to improve the situation, we must fight these structures. But we also need more international help for this. It begins with our country’s borders. It is imperative that they be better controlled,” he claimed.