The parallels between U.S. migration policy and the EU’s experience with Libya are not direct. Despite this, migration through Libya is rising again, driven by increases from eastern Libya which is controlled by Haftar’s LNA. Lessons for U.S. policy at the southern borderThe EU’s experience with Libya has implications for U.S. migration policy in the Americas. Upon taking office, Biden quickly took steps to improve migration policy in the region. Above all, the United States cannot implement migration policies that threaten to only magnify security challenges and rights abuses.
