Why Asian migrants fly to Libya — and then catch a boat to Europe

In July, sailings from Tobruk and Benghazi almost stopped, weeks after Haftar met Meloni in Rome. “By offering him economic, logistical and political incentives, the Meloni government encouraged Haftar to embrace a policy of cracking down on aspects of human smuggling,” said Jalel Harchaoui, an analyst at the Royal United Services Institute think tank in London.