Africa: Dance With the Devil - Europe Finances Libyan Militias to Curb Migration

17 August 2017
analysis

By empowering Libyan warlords and constraining rescue missions, migrant numbers to Italy have halved. But at what cost?

On 10 May, in the early European summer, a rescue vessel patrolling the Mediterranean Sea came across a familiar sight: a wooden boat overcrowded with migrants. It headed over to give out life vests when a Libyan warship passed them at high speed before seizing the passengers.

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