Russia: European intervention a 'specific' cause of its refugee crisis - Lavrov

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Europe’s ongoing migrant crisis was the result of "very specific actions taken by the countries those refugees are trying to get into," during an address to students from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) on Tuesday. Lavrov cited European intervention in Libya as an example, with the use of military force by the West turning that country into "a grey zone; a vast territory where there is no proper government." The foreign minister was speaking as Europe, especially its central and eastern parts, struggles to deal with the huge influx of refugees arriving from the Middle East and Africa. The migrants' countries of origin are often nations which have witnessed recent military intervention from Western nations.