The same militias conspire with some members of Libyan coast guard units. TRAFFICKING AND INTERCEPTION AT SEAEven when migrants pay to be released from the detention centres , they are rarely free. The Libyan coast guard is supported by both the U.N. and the EU. “There are only three ways out of the prison: You escape, you pay ransom, or you die,” Abdullah said, referring to the detention centre . Despite the investigations into al-Khoja, Tarik al-Sikka and another detention centre shared a 996,000-euro grant from the EU and Italy in February.

Source: Libya Today December 31, 2019 06:33 UTC