Tobruk-The Chairman of the House of Representatives Internal Affairs committee, Suleiman Al-Harari expressed deep concern over reports to the committee that human trafficking activities are increasing across Libyan territory, praising the operations of Libyan security services to fight smugglers and rescue migrants.
In a statement posted on the official page of the House of Representatives, Al-Harari stressed the need to do more in view of the increasing criminal activities of smuggling gangs, blaming criminal gangs directly for endangering the lives of migrants and exploitation in the most heinous way, and even obstructing the rescue operations at sea, according to private sources.
Al-Harari called on EU countries to do more to help Libya manage its borders, fight human trafficking activities and strengthen the search and rescue capabilities of Libyan agencies, explaining that Libya bears the brunt of the increasing number of migrant flow to European coasts due to the political and economic conditions the world is going through. The chairman of the Internal Affairs Committee also called on the European Union to review the distribution of its development programs to include areas affected by irregular migration flows, especially those located in the human smuggling routes, calling for more coordination at the level of the countries of the region, pointing out that the current cooperation on this file is substandard given the security, humanitarian and economic implications of the issue.
Source: Libyan News Agency