Libya has long been a transit country for African migrants, but their movement has intensified since Moamer Kadhafi's fall as militias have turned to the lucrative business of people smuggling. The shores of Libya are only about 300 kilometres (185 miles) from Lampedusa, the southernmost island of Italy **w sheltering thousands of illegal migrants. In the Kadhafi era, the Libyan authorities were unable to fully control their frontiers, with hundreds of people crossing them daily from sub-Saharan Africa via Sudan, Niger and Chad. The main source of the illegal migrants is **rthern Niger, a stronghold of trafficking networks.
05-21-2015, 01:11 PM
Post-revolt Libya: a hub for people smuggling
Libya has long been a transit country for African migrants, but their movement has intensified since Moamer Kadhafi's fall as militias have turned to the lucrative business of people smuggling. The shores of Libya are only about 300 kilometres (185 miles) from Lampedusa, the southernmost island of Italy **w sheltering thousands of illegal migrants. In the Kadhafi era, the Libyan authorities were unable to fully control their frontiers, with hundreds of people crossing them daily from sub-Saharan Africa via Sudan, Niger and Chad. The main source of the illegal migrants is **rthern Niger, a stronghold of trafficking networks.
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