The Trump administration is planning to deport a group of migrants to Libya, according to reports, despite the state department’s previous condemnation of the “life-threatening” prison conditions in the country. Libya’s provisional government has denied the reports.
Reuters cited three unnamed US officials as saying the deportations could happen this week. Two of the officials said the individuals, whose nationalities are not known, could fly to the north African country as soon as Wednesday, but they added the plans could still change. The New York Times also cited a US official confirming the deportation plans.
It was not clear what Libya would be getting in return for taking any deportees. Human rights groups condemned the reported plans, noting the country’s poor record on human rights practices and harsh treatment of detainees.
“Migrants have long been trafficked, tortured and ransomed in Libya. The country is in a civil war. It is not a safe place to send anyone,” Sarah Leah Whitson, the executive director of Democracy for the Arab World Now (Dawn), wrote on X.
Despite?
That was literally the comment I came here to post.
Is the article title not formatting correctly?
Its fine, I’m petty sure they were both implying that one could replace “despite” with “specifically because of” and it would sound just as believable given all this exile business going on
Correct. The cruelty IS the point.
Ah that makes more sense. I thought the apostrophes were screwing with a client.
Despite? More like because of
These a-holes would deport them somewhere worse if they found it
“I just got off of the YouTubes and I saw footage of the GREATEST PRISON location! Have you heard of Oblivion? They have these HUGE GATES and the most STRONG AND FEARSOME guards ever. We will be reaching out to Mehrunes Dagon, a STRONG LEADER, to discuss a WONDERFUL PLAN to keep AMERICA SAFE.”
I’m not defending Gadaffi’s sanity or competence — his was one of misrule and clown behavior — but come the fuck on.
Gadaffi was by all means a pretty great ruler. He invested a ton in infrastructure and did a great deal to uplift Libya out of poverty. Under Gadaffi Libya was the richest nation in Africa.
He did rule with an iron fist. But this was largely because of Western backed insurgencies. He was heavily disliked by the West for not allowing Libya to be siphoned of natural resources like other neocolonies. Which is why most of his legacy is a giant NATO smear campaign.
A quick look at Libya before and after NATO is really all people need to know.
After the NATO overthrowing of Gadaffi, Libya now has permanent civil war and the slave market is back. But suddenly that is not important to NATO anymore. Libya is free! (to rob of their oil).
