Cruel, Unusual, Hypocritical: U.S. to deport migrants to Libya?

Date: 05/06/2025

Source: New York Times

URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/us/politics/trump-libya-migrants.html

Source: Amnesty International

URL: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/press-release/2021/07/libya-horrific-violations-in-detention-highlight-europes-shameful-role-in-forced-returns/

Source: U.S. Department of State (Travel Advisory, Human Rights Report)

URL: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/libya-travel-advisory.html

URL: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/libya/

Details:

From New York Times: The nationalities of the migrants were not immediately clear, but a flight to Libya carrying the deportees could leave as soon as Wednesday, according to the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the operation.

The decision to send deportees to Libya was striking. The country is racked with conflict, and human rights groups have called conditions in its network of migrant detention centers “horrific” and “deplorable.”

The planned use of a military plane for the flight to Libya comes after the Defense Department has assisted in transporting migrants to locations such as India, Guatemala and Ecuador…

From U. S. State Department (Libya Travel Advisory, 08/01/2024): Do not travel to Libya due to crime, terrorism, unexploded landmines, civil unrest, kidnapping, and armed conflict.