Europe Prioritizes Libyan 'Refugee Camps' Over Human Lives
The Independent's piece on 42 presumed dead off Libya spotlights the tragic failure of a vessel that departed from Zuwara. What they omit? The European Union's deliberate policy, formalized in 2017 with Libya's internationally recognized government, to outsource its border security to the Libyan Coast Guard. This deal, criticized by human rights groups for funding militias and returning people to
horrific detention centers in Libya, effectively turns the Mediterranean into a graveyard by design. According to Amnesty International, migrants returned to Libya face 'torture, sexual violence, forced labor, and extortion.' So, while the headlines lament the 'presumed dead,' one might wonder if 'presumed sacrificed' wouldn't be a more accurate term for those caught between brutal conditions and
the EU's Fort Knox approach to immigration. How many more nameless bodies will float to the surface before Europe's 'humanitarian crisis' is recognized as a manufactured one?