Deadly Migrant Boat Sinkings off Libya Expose Global Policy Failures and Risks to America

Another deadly chapter unfolds off the eastern coast of Libya as a rubber boat carrying more than 70 Sudanese and South Sudanese migrants capsized on September 9, resulting in at least 19 confirmed deaths and leaving 42 more unaccounted for. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) recovered the bodies and rescued just 14 survivors after five harrowing days at sea. This latest maritime tragedy is not an isolated incident but part of a relentless wave of desperation fueled by decades of instability in North Africa—a region left in chaos since the NATO-backed overthrow of Moammar Gadhafi in 2011. Libya, once...