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Sadly, that remains Europe?s priority as it turns its attention to halting the flow of people from Libya to Italy. On Wednesday, Libya?s United Nations-backed prime minister, Fayez Serraj, offered to allow NATO or European Union ships to pursue smugglers in Libyan waters. But if NATO or the European Union sends migrants back to Libya, it ?would violate the law, not to mention basic decency, and betray the values on which the E.U. When the European Union and Turkey reached a deal last year to lessen the flow of refugees into Greece, the priority was on defending borders, not the humanitarian crisis. PhotoMore than 180,000 people crossed the Mediterranean to arrive in Italy last year, and more than 5,000 died on the journey.