{"id":30068,"date":"2019-01-22T01:23:11","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T01:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=30068"},"modified":"2019-01-22T01:23:11","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T01:23:11","slug":"hrw-criticizes-italy-eus-libya-migrant-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=30068","title":{"rendered":"HRW criticizes Italy, EU\u2019s Libya migrant policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-io-article-url=\"http:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/1439451\/middle-east\" readability=\"74\">\n<p>\nCAIRO:\u00a0Human Rights Watch is urging Italy and the EU to condition their support to Libya on tangible improvements in detention conditions for migrants, refugees and asylum seekers.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe New York-based rights group says in a report Monday that unquestioning foreign support for Libya\u2019s coast guard leads to migrants being held in \u201carbitrary, abusive detention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nIt condemned such efforts to stem migration to Europe as contributing \u201cto a cycle of extreme abuse\u201d against people fleeing war and poverty.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe report documents \u201csevere overcrowding, unsanitary conditions, malnutrition, and lack of adequate health care\u201d in detention centers, including at least four instances of violent abuse by guards.<\/p>\n<p>\nIt says children have also been seen to be held in poor conditions.<\/p>\n<p>\nMillions of migrants have applied for asylum in Europe, but some countries have toughened their asylum laws and tried to deport more people than they did previously.<\/p>\n<p>\nOn Sunday, a private rescue boat carrying dozens of migrants said that for a second day several nations had not given permission for it to enter a safe port, while another vessel filled with panicky migrants and described as taking on water in the southern Mediterranean was helped by a cargo ship.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Dutch-flagged boat Sea-Watch 3, run by a German non-governmental group, said it had contacted Italy, Malta, Libya and the Netherlands asking where it could land the 47 migrants it had taken aboard. Sea-Watch tweeted that Libyan officials hung up when it asked for a port assignment.<\/p>\n<p>\nAn Italian state TV reporter aboard Sea-Watch 3 said the rescue took place Saturday about 50 km off the coast west of Tripoli in Libya\u2019s search-and-rescue area. Libya-based human traffickers launch flimsy or rickety boats crowded with migrants hoping to reach Europe and its opportunities for better lives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAIRO:\u00a0Human Rights Watch is urging Italy and the EU to condition their support to Libya on tangible improvements in detention conditions for migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. The New York-based rights group says in a report Monday that unquestioning foreign support for Libya\u2019s coast guard leads to migrants being held in \u201carbitrary, abusive detention.\u201d It&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":30069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle_east_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}