NATO Weighs Refugee-Monitoring Mission for Mediterranean Fleet
- U.S.-led alliance considers backing up EU warships off Libya
- North Africa seen as new embarkation point for migrants to EU
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NATO said it may reassign its Mediterranean Sea taskforce to help the European Union control the flow of refugees from northern Africa.
The warships, on counterterrorism duty since the September 2001 attacks on the U.S., may be given the job of backing up an EU fleet now monitoring the trafficking of migrants from Libya.