Labour MEPs Josianne Cutajar and Cyrus Engerer were the only two Maltese MEPs present to vote on a resolution although their positions diverged on the inclusion of a clause acknowledging media reports that Frontex cooperated directly with militia groups in Libya
Overcrowded detention centres, beatings and ransom, and the occasional killing out at sea – meet the Libyan militia pulling back refugees in the Central Mediterranean
A shadowy militia knee-deep in human smuggling keeps pulling migrants back to Libya from the Maltese SAR, detaining them until a smuggler buys their freedom • Both Malta and Frontex have given coordinates to this militia
A boat operated by a Libyan militia led by the son of strongman Khalifa Haftar is being used to return rescued migrants back to Benghazi. NICOLE MEILAK reports on how this boat has been used in Malta’s search and rescue zone