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Thursday, May 07, 2009

[Libya/Italia] HRW: 227 Sent Back With No Asylum Hearing Opportunity and Facing Risk of Abuse

The forcible return of 227 migrants to Libya on May 6, 2009 by the Italian coast guard violated their right to seek asylum and put them at risk of inhuman and degrading treatment, Human Rights Watch said today. The migrants, whose nationalities are not yet known, were rescued off the Italian coast and returned to Libya without any screening for refugee status.

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