Putting unstable Libya in charge of managing Europe-seeking migrants is like "a sick doctor being asked to treat patients". That was the claim of the country's interior minister, Fathi Bashagha, during an interview with Euronews' Anelise Borges. "The EU demands Libya secures the coast, fights human traffickers, cares and pays for illegal migrants in accordance with international standards... you know Libya has many other problems, service problems, security problems, terrorism problems, economic problems." Hundreds of people have been killed as head of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Khalifa Haftar launched an offensive to seize Tripoli, the nation's capital. Libya, says Bashagha, is a "sick doctor that is being asked to treat patients".

Source: Libya Today May 21, 2019 12:11 UTC