{"id":39139,"date":"2019-04-26T04:22:56","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T04:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=39139"},"modified":"2019-04-26T04:22:56","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T04:22:56","slug":"new-social-deal-signed-in-morocco-salaries-to-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=39139","title":{"rendered":"New social deal signed in Morocco, salaries to rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"90\">\n<p>\nPARIS: Eight international NGOs including Amnesty International and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) demanded on Thursday that France suspend the delivery of boats to Libya\u2019s coast guard on concerns they would be used to intercept migrants.<\/p>\n<p>\nFrench Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly had in February agreed to donate six boats to the Libyan navy, under which the coast guard operates, in a move she said was aimed at helping them \u201cin the fight against illegal immigration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nBut the offer angered rights groups who said they would be used to block migrant boats seeking to reach Europe, forcing those on board to return to war-torn Libya.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe demand was laid out in a legal challenge that was filed at the administrative court in Paris on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\nIn it, the groups demand \u201cthe suspension of the decision\u201d until the court decides whether or not the donation is legal. The court has 48 hours to make a decision.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe NGOs believe forcing people to return to Libya would expose them to \u201cserious human rights violations.\u201d Massimo Moratti, regional director for research at Amnesty International, said the pledge to deliver boats to the Libyan coast guard was \u201can unlawful and reckless decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"197\" src=\"http:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/sites\/default\/files\/userimages\/17\/untitled-3_copy_34.png\" width=\"262\">He said it was all the more dangerous at a time when fighting has intensified after Eastern commander Khalifa Haftar launched an offensive on the capital Tripoli earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cDoing it now, as the armed conflict in Libya escalates, is even more callous and irresponsible,\u201d Moratti said in a statement, warning the donation would make France \u201ccomplicit\u201d in trapping people inside the country.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe NGOs accused the coast guard of having a bad track record in respecting those in distress at sea, saying it should not be given the logistical means to step up such abuses.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe statement accused the coast guard of abuses including pushing those in distress back into the water, threatening them with weapons and firing toward them.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe six vessels, which are to be delivered in the coming weeks, are 12-meter, semi-rigid boats made by French specialist Sillinger.<\/p>\n<p>\nBesides Amnesty and MSF, the legal petition was joined by France\u2019s Human Rights League, immigrant support group GISTI, Lawyers Without Borders, migrant aid groups La Cimade and Migreurop and Italian research and aid group ASGI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PARIS: Eight international NGOs including Amnesty International and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) demanded on Thursday that France suspend the delivery of boats to Libya\u2019s coast guard on concerns they would be used to intercept migrants. 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