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Criminal gangs subject the migrants to enslavement, organ removal, rape, kidnapping for ransom, and other abuses
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni stressed the importance of fighting against human trafficking as she took part in the Trans-Mediterranean Migration Forum in Tripoli, Libya recently, which discussed migration (human trafficking) and energy. Illegal organizations involved in human trafficking were getting richer, more influential, and less concerned about human rights, she said, adding that such callous people use the desperation of fragile persons to serve their ends.
Libya, Meloni said, was a major route, albeit deadly, for migrants trying to reach Europe by crossing the Mediterranean Sea from different parts of Africa, boarding poorly equipped and crowded ships before they set off on risky sea journeys. Italy is one of the main points of arrival on the other side of the Mediterranean.
According to the United Nations, more migrants and refugees in Africa are heading northward toward the Mediterranean and Europe, crossing perilous routes in the Sahara. Criminal gangs subject the migrants to enslavement, organ removal, rape, kidnapping for ransom, and other abuses.
A recently released report by the UN refugee and migration agencies and the Mixed Migration Centre research group estimated that land routes in Africa are twice as deadly as the sea lanes across the Mediterranean, which is the deadliest maritime route for migrants in the world.
Meloni also made comments about the energy crisis in Europe and said that Europe and Africa should increase cooperation in this sector. She said Africa was potentially a huge producer of energy for itself mainly, and could also export.
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Prime ministers of Malta and Tunisia, as well as the European Union Commissioner Margaritis Schinas, attended the Forum hosted by Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, who heads the Tripoli-based government
