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The invisible wall - Tired of migrants arriving from Africa, the EU has created a shadow immigration system that captures, and sends them to brutal Libyan detention centers run by militias

Posted by cfabbro
Tags: politics, european union, italy, germany, africa, libya, immigration, migrants, asylum seekers, prisons, black sites, xenophobia, emergency trust fund for africa, marco minniti, frontex, united nations, doctors without borders, directorate for combatting illegal migration, abuse, investigation, journalists, outlaw ocean project, militias, kidnappings, rights.human, coast guards, author.ian urbina, long read
https://www.theoutlawocean.com/investigations/the-secretive-libyan-prisons-that-keep-migrants-out-of-europe/

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    Edit: I changed the link to the Outlaw Ocean Project version of the article, since it's the exact same (including pictures, videos, and interactive elements) as the New Yorker one I originally...

    Edit: I changed the link to the Outlaw Ocean Project version of the article, since it's the exact same (including pictures, videos, and interactive elements) as the New Yorker one I originally submitted, but isn't paywalled.

    Here is a less detailed NBC article (no paywall), about the same subject and also written by Ian Urbina:
    Frontex, Europe’s border agency under fire for aiding Libya's brutal migrant detentions

    The E.U. pays for almost every aspect of Libya's often lethal migrant detention system, an investigation found, including the boats that fire on migrant rafts.

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