Mediterranean migration: Italy and Libya's murky migrant deals


Mar 11 2025 11 mins  

Opposition groups in Italy are accusing the government of freeing the head of Libya's judicial police because it relies on Libyan security forces to check the flow of African migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea. Osama Njeem was released despite being wanted by the International Criminal Court over a string of human rights abuses, including murder, torture and rape. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks to Lorenzo Kamel, author and professor of history at the University of Turin.