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ITALY-LIBYA: Migrants Returned To Face Abuse

Tripoli : Libya | 2 months ago  
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Nadifa*, a 19-year-old from Somalia, was among 91 migrants, asylum seekers and refugees interviewed by Human Rights Watch (HRW) in May 2009. She had been detained in Kufra, southeast Libya for 20 days before sailing to Italy. The report, "Pushed Back, Pushed Around: Italy�s Forced Return of Boat...
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  • Blog Source: www.ips.org
    Nadifa*, a 19-year-old from Somalia, was among 91 migrants, asylum seekers and refugees interviewed by Human Rights Watch (HRW) in May 2009. She had been detained in Kufra, southeast Libya for 20 days before sailing to. Italy. ... from the detainees&
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    Here many are sent back to Libya only to return to inhumane conditions. HRW is urging the government of Italy to stop “summarily returning” boats containing migrants to Libya. The HRW is also encouraging the European Union, ...
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  • Blog Source: ionglobaltrends.blogspot.com
    "Daniel," a 26-year-old Eritrean interviewed in Sicily, told Human Rights Watch what happened after Maltese authorities interdicted the boat he was on and towed it to a Libyan vessel, which brought his group back to Libya (to read Daniel's ... Human
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