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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9982

23 September 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/asia/fundamental rights
Migrants are victims to Italian-Libyan cooperation, Human Rights Watch says

Brussels, 22/09/2009 (Agence Europe) - The EU is expected to put pressure on Italy so that it puts an end to the forced return of illegal migrants to Libya, Human Rights Watch (HRW) states. The NGO points out in a press release on 22 September that a report has been published denouncing agreements sealed between Rome and Tripoli. “Italy intercepts African boat migrants and asylum seekers, fails to screen them for refugee status or other vulnerabilities, and forcibly returns them to Libya,...

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