It also exports illegal immigrants. Yet the view of heroin as a problem created by the West also applies to illegal migration. In the same way, the West offers the prospect of a certain lifestyle, and illegal migrants aspire to that. The illegal immigrants from Pakistan are all solidly economic migrants. The other illegal immigrants in the Messenia boat disaster included Syrians, Afghans and Palestinians, all from countries where lives are routinely threatened.

Source: Libya Today June 22, 2023 21:07 UTC