On 22 April, Deutsche Welle (DW) published an article by Kersten Knipp, titled ‘Russia's role in trafficking, smuggling from Libya to EU’. Following Russia’s shift of focus to Libya since the toppling of Bashar Assad in Syria in December, Knipp speaks to analysts who argue that Moscow has ‘weaponized’ Europe-bound migration via Libya, increasing pressure on the EU's external borders.
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