Italy's Forced Return of Boat Migrants and Asylum Seekers, Libya's Mistreatment of Migrants and Asylum Seekers
This 92-page report examines the treatment of migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees in Libya through the eyes of those who have managed to leave and are now in Italy and Malta. It also documents Italy's practice of interdicting boats full of migrants on the high seas and pushing them back to Libya without the required screening.
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ISBN: 1-56432-539-3
ISBN: 1-56432-539-3
Feature Content
- Pushed Back, Pushed Around
- Pushed Back, Pushed Around
- Map of Southern Europe and North Africa
- I. Summary
- II. Recommendations
- III. Methodology and Scope
- IV. Terminology
- V. Italian-Libyan “Friendship” and the Return of Boat Migrants to Libya
- VI. Interdiction and the Principle of Nonrefoulement
- VII. The Approach of the European Union Towards Libya
- VIII. Maltese and Libyan Interdiction Prior to May 2009
- IX. Failure to Rescue Boats in Distress at Sea
- X. Libya: Lack of Access to Asylum
- XI. UNHCR in Libya
- XII. Linkages between Smugglers and Security and Law Enforcement Officials
- XIII. Abuses against Vulnerable Migrant Groups
- XIV. Abuses Entering Libya
- XV. Refoulement from Libya and Dumping People in the Desert near the Border
- XVI. Migrant Detention Centers: Conditions and Abuses
- Acknowledgements