The Central Mediterranean Route - International Reports
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Facts and Findings
The Central Mediterranean Route
by
Dustin Dehez, Franziska Stahl
Proposals for a more effective strategy to combat people smuggling
The movement of refugees across the Mediterranean will remain at its current high level in the coming years. A military mission of the European Union will only marginally reduce people smuggling across the Mediterranean because it fails to address the demand for such smuggling. Any move to tackle the causes of refugee movements requires the strengthening of the weak states involved.