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6/12/2012 - Andrew Galea Debono/JRS Europe]
6.12.2012. Police raids and forced
expulsions of migrants are on the rise in Morocco, and migrants in Algeria are
being pushed to live in dilapidated housing. The lack of an asylum law in both
countries leaves too many forced migrants without access to refugee status. The
abuse of migrant rights persists largely because the European Union too often
looks the other way, according to a new report published today by the Jesuit
Refugee Service (JRS) Europe.
"For
years the EU has relied on Morocco to hold migrants back without ensuring any
kind of procedure to identify persons in need of refugee protection. In
Algeria, where many migrants also get trapped without protection, they are
often forced to beg on the street and live in abandoned buildings", said
Dr Andrew Galea Debono, JRS Europe researcher.
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