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FILE - In this Sunday Jan. 12, 2020 file photo, men from Nigeria and Morocco watch the sunset aboard the Open Arms rescue vessel as the ship sails north with 118 people from different nationalities who were rescued on Friday off the Libyan coast. The European Union announced Tuesday, March 31, 2020 the launch of a new naval mission in the Mediterranean Sea aimed at enforcing the U.N arms embargo on Libya, after Italy blocked a previous operation claiming that the warships attracted migrants. (AP Photo/Santi Palacios, File)

FILE - In this Sunday Jan. 12, 2020 file photo, men from Nigeria and Morocco watch the sunset aboard the Open Arms rescue vessel as the ship sails north with 118 people from different nationalities who were rescued on Friday off the Libyan coast. The European Union announced Tuesday, March 31, 2020 the launch of a new naval mission in the Mediterranean Sea aimed at enforcing the U.N arms embargo on Libya, after Italy blocked a previous operation claiming that the warships at…

March 31, 2020

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EU launches new naval mission to police Libya arms embargo
March 31, 2020 8:34 a.m.

EU launches new naval mission to police Libya arms embargo

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union announced Tuesday the launch of a new naval mission in the Mediterranean Sea aimed at enforcing the U.N. arms embargo on Libya, after Italy blocked a previous operation claiming that the warships attracted migrants to Europe's shores.