on the conditions of migrants in transit in Libya

The deaths in the desert and in the Channel of Sicily, the tortures and rapes in
detention centres funded by Italy, deportations to the Sahara, collective
refoulements, the repatriation of refugees on flights paid by Rome, deportations
from Lampedusa, murders in police stations, the abuses perpetrated by passeurs and
racist attacks in Tripoli. Everything that must not be known about the country to
which Italy and the EU entrust the control of the southern border, on the eve of
Frontex patrol operations in Libya in 2008, when refoulements at sea will become
the norm

for the second time in a month

they say that the government has failed to honour its word

asylum seekers protesting on top of Nicosia’s immigrant
detention centre had to be taken down by forklift last night and rushed
to hospital for malnutrition after being deprived of food and water

they are subject to discrimination and threats