Italy: Halt Abusive Migration Cooperation with Libya

Expand Photo released by the Libyan Coast Guard showing people disembarking in Libya after being intercepted offshore, June 24, 2018. © 2018 Libyan Coast Guard via AP (Milan) – The Italian government should suspend all support to the Libyan Coast Guard until Libya commits to a clear plan to fully respect migrants’ safety and rights, Human Rights Watch said today. The plan should include closing abusive migrant detention centers and, in particular, a guarantee to protect migrants against arbitrary detention and inhuman and degrading treatment. “Italy can’t paper over its complicity in the…

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