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A high-level European delegation, including ministers from Greece, Italy, and Malta, has been unceremoniously expelled from eastern Libya after military commander General Khalifa Haftar refused to meet with them, a major diplomatic embarrassment that complicates efforts to stem a growing migration crisis.

Greek Minister of Migration and Asylum Dimitris Kairidis called for greater protection of EU borders and increased solidarity and support for Egypt at the EU Council of Justice and Home Affairs Ministers on Monday.