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Fixing Libya's Economy Essential to Curb Migrant Flows
Fixing Libya's Economy Essential to Curb Migrant Flows
How Libya’s Fezzan Became Europe’s New Border
How Libya’s Fezzan Became Europe’s New Border
Table of Contents
  1. Executive Summary
  2. Introduction
  3. The Fezzan
    1. Geography
    2. People
  4. Triumph of the Illegal Economy
    1. People Smuggling
    2. Fuel Smuggling
    3. Artisanal Gold Mining
    4. Vanishing Legal Economy
      1. Agriculture
      2. Oil industry
  5. A Precarious Security Environment
    1. Lingering Communal Conflicts
    2. East-West Battlefront in the South
    3. Fluid and Fragmented Loyalties
  6. No GNA, Few Internationals in the South
    1. No Central State
    2. The International Community in the South
  7. Policy Implications and Conclusion
    1. Security
    2. Economic Alternatives
    3. Appendix A: Map of Libya
Video / Middle East & North Africa 1 minute

Fixing Libya's Economy Essential to Curb Migrant Flows

A recent dramatic decrease in migrants reaching Europe may be partly explained by payoffs to armed groups in Libya. In this video, Crisis Group’s Senior Analyst for Libya, Claudia Gazzini, warns of the risks associated with short-term solutions to the flow of migrants reaching Europe through Libya.

Fixing Libya's Economy Essential to Curb Migrant Flows

In this video, Crisis Group’s Senior Analyst for Libya, Claudia Gazzini, warns of the risks associated with short-term solutions to the flow of migrants reaching Europe through Libya. International Crisis Group

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