This is how the Emirates give Haftar the patrol boats used to push back migrants

Emirates' Role in Providing Patrol Boats to Haftar

The seizure of ten vessels in Spain, bound for Benghazi, has exposed a network of trafficking involving Libya, Jordan, the Emirates, and Hong Kong.

This complex web also reveals the role of Operation Irini, Madrid's silence, and Dubai's dual favoritism: supporting its Libyan ally while also aiding Europe in limiting migrant departures.

"I have a position for you."

This statement, recorded on August 2, 2023, by an NGO Sea Watch aircraft, belongs to a pilot from the Maltese Armed Forces engaged in a Frontex operation, the EU agency responsible for external border security, while flying over a fishing boat carrying 250 migrants in the central Mediterranean.

Author's summary: Emirates' involvement in migrant trafficking exposed.

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