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Smuggling, power, profit: Irregular migration out of eastern Libya

There is currently more irregular migration between eastern Libya and Crete, Greece. It's raising questions as to what connects people smugglers with powerful militias in eastern Libya and then in turn, Europeans.

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There is currently more irregular migration between eastern Libya and Crete, Greece. It's raising questions as to what connects people smugglers with powerful militias in eastern Libya and then in turn, Europeans. This year, almost 20,000 people have already tried to make the perilous crossing from Libya in north Africa to the Greek island of Crete.

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