‘Let me die’: tortured migrants and rescue ships face off against EU-sponsored Libyan forces

EUobserver · 30-10-2026, 11:05:36

Gaia Neiman reports from onboard the Humanity 1 rescue ship in the Mediterranean. The EU continues to fund the Libyan regime that is imprisoning men, women, and children, as a form of migration prevention. Survivors onboard an NGO rescue ship recount what they lived through, while Brussels sets its eye on a new migration facility in authoritarian-led eastern Libya.