On Tuesday, 28 March, European Commission spokesperson Eric Mamer said, “we disagree” with the United Nations’ assessment, revealed the previous day, that the support that the EU provided to Libya “aided and abetted” the commission of crimes against migrants, who are tortured and forced into sexual slavery.
“I don’t agree with the claims that our money is going to finance the business model of the smugglers or of those who are misusing and mistreating people in Libya. Quite...