EU Funds Libyan Coastguard Torture, NGO's Shocked!
Civilian rescue groups in the Mediterranean have cut ties with the Libyan coastguard, citing escalating violence and human rights abuses against asylum seekers. The Guardian (2025) reports NGOs accuse the EU-funded Libyan services of violent interceptions, funneling migrants into camps rife with torture, rape, and forced labor. This 'shocking' development follows years of reports detailing these
exact abuses, yet the EU, particularly Italy, has continued to bankroll and train this 'coastguard.' Brussels has spent hundreds of millions of euros – your tax money – to outsource its border security to a rogue state with a documented history of human rights violations. They call it 'migration management.' We call it knowingly funding human trafficking and state-sponsored brutality to keep brown
people out of Europe. The silence from European capitals during these years of blatant abuse speaks volumes about their priorities.