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Libya

  • Human smuggling during COVID-19 has changed.
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    How has human smuggling changed under COVID-19?

    By Lucia Bird Ruiz-Benitez de Lugo
    May 6, 2020
    Concerned about the spread of the coronavirus, many smugglers, armed groups and communities are imposing their own restrictions on movement. Read all our COVID-19 ...
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  • Kaye, one of thousands of Ghanaian migrants in Libya. Credit: Hans Lucht.
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    “Here we have no life”: The migrant workers persevering in Libya

    By Hans Lucht
    December 17, 2019
    Despite the risks, the plan for Ghanaian workers in Libya is straightforward. Survive, earn, return. Before Kaye and his crew of Ghanaian migrant workers ...
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  • LibyaRwandaSociety

    Refugees: Rwanda helps hundreds, but thousands more languish in Libya

    By Sophie Neiman
    November 7, 2019
    International policy towards refugees tends to ignore root causes and often makes humanitarian crises worse. In the last month or so, nearly 200 refugees ...
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  • Africa InsidersLibyaTop story

    Insiders Insight: A war on migrants in Libya, supported by Europe

    By Africa Insiders
    July 10, 2019
    African Arguments is and always will be freely-accessible to everyone. But we also have a separate spin-off product called the Africa Insiders Newsletter. It consists of weekly emails with additional ...
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  • Libya Haftar: Warlord Khalifa Haftar launched an offensive on the capital Tripoli last week. Credit: МИД России.
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    Insiders Insight: Haftar overplays his hand in Libya

    By Africa Insiders
    April 9, 2019
    African Arguments is and always will be freely-accessible to everyone. But we also have a separate spin-off product called the Africa Insiders Newsletter. It consists of weekly emails with additional ...
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  • LibyaPhoto of the Week

    Photo of the Week: Libya, in more hopeful times

    By African Arguments
    August 25, 2017
    Six years on from the fall of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, Libya remains deeply divided and unstable. Rival governments tussle for authority while much political ...
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  • Libyan authorities have increasingly been interrupting rescue missions in the Mediterranean. Credit: Photo: Yara Nardi / Italian Red Cross
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    Dance with the Devil: Europe finances Libyan militias to curb migration

    By Leanne Tory-Murphy
    August 17, 2017
    By empowering Libyan warlords and constraining NGO rescue missions, migrant numbers to Italy have halved. But at what cost? On 10 May, in the ...
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  • EconomyLibyaSociety

    People smuggling in Libya: You can’t bomb away a problem of economics

    By Tuesday Reitano & Mark Shaw
    January 25, 2017
    Europe seems to think force and arms are the solution to reducing people smuggling in the volatile and fluid Libya. Even Gaddafi knew better. Back ...
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