Ministers in Europe's passport-free Schengen area are divided in evaluating how Switzerland used the Schegen system in its diplomatic row with Libya.
Interior ministers at a debate on Thursday (25 February) called on both Bern and Tripoli to "redouble their diplomatic efforts" in order to end a dispute which has now had an impact on almost all EU countries - except Great Britain, Ireland, Bulgaria and Romania, which are not part of Schengen.
"We expressed support for Switzerland, ...
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