With Europe preparing to unveil a new naval mission to stem the tide of illegal migration across the Mediterranean, recent IAI papers published in the framework of the New-Med Research Network analyse EU migration policy with a special focus on Libya and current debates in Europe on how best to approach the phenomenon.

As EU leaders scramble to devise more effective means to counter the tide of migrants crossing the Mediterranean and respond to the humanitarian crisis taking place off Europe’s shores, a new IAI paper analyses past and present trends in youth migration from Arab Mediterranean countries.