Refugee turned activist YAMBIO DAVID OLIVER tells The Civil Fleet what led to the protests outside a UNHCR registration centre in Tripoli Europe must be held accountable for the human rights abuses committed against the people trying to reach safety across its borders, refugees trapped in Libya told The Civil Fleet today. A group ofContinue reading “‘The EU must be held accountable for the crimes it has committed against people trying to reach its borders’”
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Refugees ‘systematically subjected to a litany of abuses’ from the moment they enter Libya, new UN report warns
Sea-Watch’s reconnaissance plane convinces a merchant vessel not to abandon 70 people in the Mediterranean MIGRANTS and refugees heading to Europe are “systematically subjected to a litany of abuses” from the moment they enter Libya, the UN warned today. A fact-finding report commissioned by the UN Human Rights Council and published today states that “theContinue reading “Refugees ‘systematically subjected to a litany of abuses’ from the moment they enter Libya, new UN report warns”
UN demands EU reforms it search-and-rescue policies days after refugee bodies wash up on a beach in Libya
Meanwhile, lawyers take Frontex to court for the first time in the agency’s history over its alleged role in pushbacks THE United Nations’ top human rights official called on the European Union today to urgently reform its search-and-rescue practices in the central Mediterranean, just days after the bodies of drowned refugee children washed up onContinue reading “UN demands EU reforms it search-and-rescue policies days after refugee bodies wash up on a beach in Libya”
EU urged to continue support for Libyan Coastguard, leaked document shows
EUBAM Libya makes the call despite being fully aware of the systemic human rights abuses refugees face in the country ONE OF the first things rescuers do when they reach an overcrowded, flimsy boat adrift in Mediterranean Sea is to provide those on it with life vests. Not so for the Libyan Coastguards. Anyone whoContinue reading “EU urged to continue support for Libyan Coastguard, leaked document shows”
UN expert condemns criminalisation of NGO rescuers
Activists welcome support but call for action against EU’s border regime A UN human rights expert condemned yesterday Europe’s criminalisation of NGO refugee rescuers, calling for cases against them to be dropped. UN special rapporteur for human rights defenders Mary Lawlor defended the actions of 11 refugee rescuers with criminal cases hanging over them forContinue reading “UN expert condemns criminalisation of NGO rescuers”
Refugee threatened to jump overboard from merchant ship blockaded by Malta for four weeks
The 27 refugees’ four-week ordeal onboard the Etienne must come to an end, UNHCR urges ONE of the 27 refugees stuck on a merchant ship that has been blocked from Malta’s ports for four weeks threatened to kill himself by jumping overboard, the captain has warned. Malta’s rescue coordination centre (RCC) contacted the Danish chemicalContinue reading “Refugee threatened to jump overboard from merchant ship blockaded by Malta for four weeks”
Europe’s maritime borders are once again the scene of multiple tragedies this weekend
Activists blast Greece’s brutal treatment of refugees while opening up the country to tourists EUROPE’S Mediterranean and Aegean borders were once again the scene of multiple tragedies and ignored emergencies at the weekend. A pregnant woman began giving birth in a dinghy between Greece and Italy on Saturday after having spent at least 15 hoursContinue reading “Europe’s maritime borders are once again the scene of multiple tragedies this weekend”
‘It is absolutely tragic that people have died on Europe’s doorsteps’
IOM spokeswoman SAFA MSEHLI speaks Ben Cowles following a week of refugee tragedies in Libya and the Mediterranean and the importance of NGO rescuers LIBYA is a country in disarray, a war zone battled over by two opposing proxy factions, jihadists, strongmen and human traffickers. In the last week, 30 migrants were gunned down inContinue reading “‘It is absolutely tragic that people have died on Europe’s doorsteps’”
Further evidence Libya is unsafe for refugees after 30 killed in unofficial migrant detention centre
IOM estimates 3,980 refugees who attempted to flee the country so far this year have been returned by the Libyan Coastguard REFUGEE rights and rescue organisations have reacted with horror to reports that 30 people were shot dead in one of Libya’s unofficial migrant detention centres this week. The UN-backed Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA)Continue reading “Further evidence Libya is unsafe for refugees after 30 killed in unofficial migrant detention centre”
EU-funded Libyan Coastguard has returned over half the refugees who tried to flee the country by sea
The civil migrant rescue fleet condemns Europe’s border policies after the UNHCR publishes the shocking data THE civil refugee rescue fleet has denounced Europe’s border policies after a United Nations report published today found that the EU-funded Libyan coastguard has returned over half of the people who have tried to flee the war-torn country byContinue reading “EU-funded Libyan Coastguard has returned over half the refugees who tried to flee the country by sea”
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