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EU cooperation with Libyan authorities on migration
Overview
The European Union is considering expanding cooperation with eastern Libyan authorities, specifically militia leader Khalifa Haftar, to manage migration routes toward Crete. Proposed measures include funding training for the eastern Libyan coast guard, providing radar technology, and establishing a maritime rescue coordination center in Benghazi.
Experts have expressed concern that this strategy could leave Europe vulnerable to political pressure, noting that Haftar and his associates might use migrants as a ‘business model’ or a tool to exert influence on the Union.
This cooperation occurs against a backdrop of severe human rights concerns in Libya, where international organizations have documented torture, forced labor, and sexual violence in detention centers. Despite these abuses and the country’s political fragmentation between Tripoli and eastern factions, European nations continue to engage with Libyan entities to secure Mediterranean migration management and vital energy supplies.
Entities
Tripoli · Khalifa Haftar · European Union · Europe · Muammar al-Gaddafi
Timeline
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20 days ago
[INTERNATIONAL] 3 sourcesLibya: Human rights abuses persist amid European energy and migration cooperationEurope maintains a complex relationship with Libya, balancing the need for energy security and migration control against documented human rights abuses and political instability following the fall of Gaddafi.
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24 days ago
[INTERNATIONAL] 4 sourcesEU plans migration cooperation with eastern Libya's HaftarConfidential documents show the EU plans to cooperate with Khalifa Haftar in eastern Libya to block migration routes to Crete, a move experts warn could lead to political blackmail.
Sources
abendblatt.de · brandaktuell.at · fehmarn24.de · moncloa.com · nova.rs · nrz.de · thueringer-allgemeine.de