Africa: UN Rights Report Details 'Unconscionable' Violations of Migrants Returning From Libya

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UN Report Details 'Unconscionable' Violations of Migrants in Libya: Africa

Migrants in Libya who are compelled to accept so-called 'assisted returns' to their countries of origin often find themselves as victims of widespread and systematic human rights violations and abuses in conditions below those of international human rights laws and standards, according to a"This desperate situation requires all concerned to ensure that no migrant is compelled to accept assisted return to an unsafe or unsustainable situation in their country of origin",Amidst a...

In the absence of sustainable solutions to these problems, migrants may feel compelled to leave again, in even more precarious circumstances, adds the report.It also contains testimony from some of the 65 immigrants interviewed by the UN human rights office who had recently been returned to the Gambia.

"They brought me to a prison. But even at that point I didn't think about going back to Gambia. Then they entered the prison with a stick and were beating people like animals. Sometimes they would take your money and good clothes.Sign up for free AllAfrica Newsletters

 

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