EU eyes more migrant-busting support to north Africa regimes
Bent on reducing arrivals to ensure its newly-minted asylum rules can more easily deliver results, the EU Commission is promising more support for regimes across northern Africa.
Libya
-
-
EU commission claims Libya cooperation prevented further attacks, despite repeated gunfire at NGO rescue vessels
The Libyans have sporadically opened fire on NGO rescue boats since at least 2017, amid sustained support from the EU and Italian authorities – posing questions on their lack of accountability.
-
EU-backed Libyan coast guard shot at and threatened to kidnap crew of German aid ship
The Libyan Coast Guard offered no warnings prior to shooting, according to the NGO, but threatened to take the boat and the crew back to Libya.
-
‘Sold to highest bidder’: Migrant woman alleges abuse in Tunisian detention
Rose Tchapet Souchtoua, a 39-year old from Cameroon, speaking to journalists in Brussels at the European Parliament, said she was raped and sold as a slave to the highest bidder during her detention in Tunisia.
-
What Sarkozy’s corruption appeal means for cleaning up European politics
It is easy to treat the case as just a French affair. In reality, the appeal carries wider international stakes and has become a stress test for the rule-of-law ecosystem under pressure across the EU.
-
Deportations, visas and police powers on EU interior ministers’ agenda
A senior EU diplomat told reporters that ministers will focus on ways to compel people to return home voluntarily, amid wider migration talks on working with Lebanon and Libya.