Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Irregular migrants treated as criminals in Cyprus

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Headline Title: Irregular migrants treated as criminals in Cyprus 18 June 2012 Hundreds of the men and women who flee each year to Cyprus in search of refuge and asylum from war, persecution and poverty are locked away by the island’s authorities in breach of their international obligations, Amnesty International said in a new report.Punishment without a crime: Detention of migrants and asylum-seekers in Cyprus examines the deficiencies in Cypriot law and practice that result in the violation of the rights of irregular migrants and asylum-seekers. It calls on the Cypriot authorities…

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