Brussels is unaware of investigations into criminal groups using Syrian airline Cham Wings to traffick people into Europe, European Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson said. But she did confirm that Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and Alexandria in Egypt served as transit points between Dhaka in Bangladesh and Benghazi in Libya for Bangladeshi nationals. However, a day later the EU placed Shammout on its sanctions list, calling him a “leading business person operating in Syria”. Eastern Libya is governed by the House of Representatives and Haftar, both of which are not recognised by the international community as the legitimate representatives of Libya. With migration route along the western shores of Libya practically being stifled, most migrants reaching Italy are now leaving from the east, or from Tunisia.
