Greay carlstrom is the economist's middle east correspondent. He's been looking into the mistreatment of migrants off the libyan coast. In effect, the e u. Has outsourced its border protection to a group of militias operating in libya. Are operating in ways that would clearly not be allowed on european soil.
Our correspondent describes the fraught effort to attend the opening ceremony. It is a pageant highlighting a divided world, with party leaders aiming for zero covid, zero mistakes and zero dissent. An investigation reveals the brutal treatment meted out by Libya’s coast guard dealing with Europe-bound migrants—an outfit bankrolled by the European Union itself. And America’s gun-owners become surprisingly diverse.
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