EU measures to prevent insufficient migrants

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25 July 2017, 11:55(9 years ago)

Recently, the European Union has launched a series of measures aimed at halting or at least slowing the flow of migrants across the Mediterranean Sea, including preventing the export of rubber ships to Libya's African country. According to a Norwegian researcher, despite these measures undertaken by the EU they are very [...]

According to researchers from the Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, greater commitment is needed than the ban on the export of rubber ships, more specifically, a greater strengthening of Libya's Coast Guard to stop smugglers operating in the Mediterranean Sea.

Initially, this is not only about smugglers of Libyan human beings. In addition, there is a variety of combinations ranging from Ethiopians, Eritreas to the Italian mafia and international gangs, Bé said.

According to researchers, even if some of these smuggling networks were to stop, new demands for illegal travel across the Mediterranean would always be displayed, and this would result in a higher intensity than today's.

The ban on the flow of migrants that circulate through Libya requires a wide military and humanitarian operation, Bés said.

“I believe that many countries still hope to increase a leader and make it strong, something similar to that of Libya during the rule of Gaddhafi”, Morten Bʹs said.

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Since Muammar Gaddhafi's lynching from the West, Libya has become a failed state, filled with weapons coming from various groups, and is said to be a safe haven for terrorists, including Daesh (ISIS / ISIL).

According to Bʹs, there are at least two or three governments in Libya, depending on which you ask for a number of armed groups and militia, which make this country a perfect place for smugglers to act.

Bʹs, argued that no European authority is able to stop this wave of smuggling with people, and even if one manages to stop the flow from Libya, new alternative roads will always appear.

This year, more than 85,000 migrations, mainly from sub-Saharan Africa, have made efforts across the sea to make a dangerous crossing.

At least 2,000 drowned during theship trip. In 2016, more than 5,000 people drowned in the Mediterranean Sea in an effort to reach Europe, according to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM)./Periscopi/