Migrants: "We call on European states to suspend all cooperation with Libya"

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Migrants in Khoms, Libya, May 30, 2020 (illustrative image).

REUTERS / Ayman Sahely

By: Florent Guignard

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In a report published this Thursday, July 15, the NGO Amnesty International denounces the cooperation of the European Union in the treatment of migrants and refugees in Libya.

She describes

their conditions of detention as

"

atrocious

" and accuses the EU of being responsible with the Libyan government for these human rights violations suffered by migrants trapped in Libya.

Details from Sofia Dagna, Refugee and Migrant Advocacy Officer at Amnesty International France.

  • Libya

  • European Union

  • International Migration

  • Refugees

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