@inbook{11e33ffef5444c4bbe92c383fb0bda9c,
title = "“Gate Closed”: The Situation in Libya during COVID-19",
abstract = "The COVID-19 pandemic led to restrictions on movement, with the closure of borders and quarantines. But, did this stop the movement of people through Libya and across the Mediterranean Sea? The push and pull theory of migration suggests that more obstacles would reduce the number of people making this crossing. However, this research found the opposite. From April to October 2020, over 24,000 arrived in Malta and Italy from Libya and Tunisia. This is three times the number for the whole of 2019. Hence, it appears that such theories do not explain the reality of migration as it happens on the ground.",
keywords = "Human Trafficking, Refugees, Trajectories, COVID-19, Libya, Migration, Sudan, Borders, Tunesia",
author = "Morgane Wirtz and Klara Smits and {van Reisen}, Mirjam",
note = "ISBN-10 : 9956553123 ISBN-13 : 978-9956553129",
year = "2023",
month = jan,
language = "English",
isbn = "9789956553129",
series = "Connected and Mobile: Migration and Human Trafficking in Africa",
publisher = "Langaa RPCIG",
pages = "715--758",
editor = "{Van Reisen}, Mirjam and Mawere, {Munyaradzi } and Klara Smits and Morgane Wirtz",
booktitle = "Enslaved.",
}