ECRE Op-Ed: Deterrents turned detention – The impact of EU migration measures on migrants in Libya
Almost exactly a year ago, in May 2017, close to 23,000 migrants crossed the Mediterranean sea and reached the shores of Italy. This May, the number of migrants from Libya had dropped to 4,000. This meant an almost sixfold decrease. This drop coincides with a number of measures the EU and EU member states put in place together with Libya’s UN […]
