Europe Funds Libyan Coast Guard, Gets Bullet-Riddled Migrant Rescues
Arab News reports Libya's coast guard shot at a vessel trying to rescue migrants. This 'coast guard' is largely propped up by EU funds and training since at least 2017, part of a strategy to 'stem' migration, which has predictably led to horrific human rights abuses, including arbitrary detention, torture, and outright abandonment of migrants in the desert. The EU has funnelled hundreds of
millions into this brutal border externalization, outsourcing its 'problem' to a militia-riddled, conflict-ridden state. So, when you hear about 'solutions' to Europe's 'migrant problem,' remember who's paying for this 'border security.' It's not about saving lives; it's about making sure only certain lives matter, and then paying others to act as violent gatekeepers. A humane policy, or just
another chapter in Europe's long, sordid history of externalizing colonial violence?