Libya is a textbook example of Western hubris, where ‘decisive’/’surgical’ violence is labelled ‘humanitarian’, though followed by Stone-Age living conditions and warlordism. In the decade that Libya has been a deadly place to live, migration from Africa to Europe has risen sharply. Most transited via Libya. European policies towards Libya were the proximal cause of the migrant flows to Sicily and Italy. All the Libya crisis has done is create a North African escape hatch from the continent for the millions of migrants mired in sub-Saharan resource wars and poverty.

Source: Libya Today April 19, 2021 07:52 UTC