Smuggling, power, profit: Irregular migration out of eastern Libya
There is currently more irregular migration between eastern Libya and Crete, Greece.
There is currently more irregular migration between eastern Libya and Crete, Greece, DW reported.
It's raising questions as to what connects people smugglers with powerful militias in eastern Libya and then in turn, Europeans.
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- Libya · Africa
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- Crete, Greece, Europeans
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- Business
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