{"id":1892,"date":"2015-05-17T16:33:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-17T16:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitederitreamedia.com\/blog12\/?p=1892"},"modified":"2015-05-17T16:34:19","modified_gmt":"2015-05-17T16:34:19","slug":"islamic-state-militants-smuggled-to-europe-4-hours-ago-from-the-sectionafric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitederitreamedia.com\/blog12\/2015\/05\/17\/islamic-state-militants-smuggled-to-europe-4-hours-ago-from-the-sectionafric\/","title":{"rendered":"Islamic State militants &#8216;smuggled to Europe&#8217;  4 hours ago From the sectionAfric"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"story-body__mini-info-list-and-share\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-body__inner\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape full-width has-caption lead\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/660\/media\/images\/82906000\/jpg\/_82906299_1629f215-add4-4c45-ad49-fd7a720b760d.jpg\" alt=\"Migrants who attempted to sail to Europe sit in a boat carrying them back to Libya after their boat was intercepted at sea by the Libyan coast guard, at Khoms, Libya, 6 May 2015\" width=\"409\" height=\"230\" \/><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"media-caption__text\">Smugglers hide IS militants on boats filled with migrants, Abdul Basit Haroun says<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"pullout mini-hyper\">\n<div class=\"pullout-inner\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Islamic State (IS) fighters are being smuggled into Europe by gangs in the Mediterranean, an adviser to the Libyan government has told the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>Abdul Basit Haroun said smugglers were hiding IS militants on boats filled with migrants.<\/p>\n<p>Officials in Italy and Egypt have previously warned that IS militants could reach Europe by migrant boat.<\/p>\n<p>However, experts have cautioned that it is very difficult to verify or assess such claims.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Haroun based his claim on conversations with smugglers in parts of North Africa controlled by the militants.<\/p>\n<p>He alleged that IS was allowing the boat owners to continue their operations in exchange for half of their income.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape full-width has-caption\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/media\/images\/80772000\/jpg\/_80772948_derna.jpg\" alt=\"Islamic State militants parading through Derna\" width=\"350\" height=\"197\" \/><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"media-caption__text\">IS operates in several parts of Libya, including the eastern city of Derna<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>About 60,000 people are estimated to have tried to cross the Mediterranean this year, fleeing conflict and poverty. Since the 2011 uprising, Libya has been without a stable government, and the chaos has <a class=\"story-body__link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-32381101\">allowed trafficking networks there to thrive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with BBC Radio 5 live Investigates, Mr Haroun said IS used the boats &#8220;for their people who they want to send to Europe, as the European police don&#8217;t know who is from IS and who is a normal refugee or not&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>These militants often sat separately from the other migrants, he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape body-width no-caption\"><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the EU&#8217;s border control agency, Frontex, warned that it was &#8220;possible&#8221; that foreign fighters were using irregular migration routes to get into Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Egypt&#8217;s ambassador to the UK has warned of &#8220;boats full of terrorists&#8221; if the international community does not act, while the Italian government has expressed fears of militants infiltrating the boats, while emphasising that the boats are a humanitarian crisis.<\/p>\n<p>However, experts have cautioned that both countries have an interest in influencing the international response to the Libya crisis, and that it is difficult to verify the threat without evidence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Egypt is particularly keen to amplify the threat of Islamic State in Libya as it is desperately seeking approval for international intervention in the country,&#8221; Alison Pargeter, an analyst focusing on Libya for the Royal United Services Institute, a British defence think tank, <a class=\"story-body__link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-middle-east-31584236\">told the BBC<\/a> earlier this year.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape full-width has-caption\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/media\/images\/83048000\/jpg\/_83048735_87a2421f-0a15-4e53-96c8-031c3e644dcf.jpg\" alt=\"Migrants crowd the deck of their wooden boat off the coast of Libya, 14 May 2015\" width=\"174\" height=\"98\" \/><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"media-caption__text\">Italy has emphasised that the migrant boats represent a humanitarian crisis<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, Christian Kaunert, an expert in terrorism and refugee issues at Dundee University, said the risk of militants infiltrating migrant boats was &#8220;plausible &#8211; but whether it&#8217;s absolutely credible is difficult to assess because by definition, when those boats come in, they go unnoticed&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>IS, which controls large parts of Iraq and Syria, has been active in recent months in Libya, exploiting a <a class=\"story-body__link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-africa-24472322\">power struggle between rival groups<\/a> after the fall of Col Muammar Gaddafi.<\/p>\n<p>It is believed that local militias are often active partners with the smugglers, while Libya&#8217;s coastguard has admitted to the BBC that they cannot handle the volume of migrant boats and will only interfere if a boat runs into trouble.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Smugglers hide IS militants on boats filled with migrants, Abdul Basit Haroun says Islamic State (IS) fighters are being smuggled into Europe by gangs in the Mediterranean, an adviser to the Libyan government has told the BBC. Abdul Basit Haroun said smugglers were hiding IS militants on boats filled with migrants. 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