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In 2017 a decommissioned Irish Navy ship, the LE Aisling, was sold by public auction to a private buyer. One year later it was re-sold, at over six times the price for which it was bought, to the Libyan Navy, and re-named Al Karama (which means Dignity).
In 2017 a decommissioned Irish Navy ship, the LE Aisling, was sold by public auction to a private buyer. One year later it was re-sold, at over six times the price for which it was bought, to the Libyan Navy, and re-named Al Karama (which means Dignity).
The head of the Libyan Navy was recently implicated in the bombing of a detention centre which killed 44 refugees and people seeking safety and dignity. The Libyan Coast Guard, which receives EU funding & military training, has perpetuated ongoing human rights violations at sea.
Refugees and migrants- women, men and children- are subjected to systematic, extreme abuse in Libyan detention centers.Torture, gender-based sexual violence, extortion and slavery are regularly documented realities of those who flee Libya by sea.
