Rights group slams ‘abysmal’ EU over North Africa refugees

Human rights group Amnesty International launched a scathing attack on the European Union in September 2011, accusing it of turning its back on thousands of refugees trying to escape conflicts in North Africa.

Stuck in a limbo at Libya’s borders, sub-Saharan African refugees fleeing the Libyan conflict have been abandoned by the EU, according to the report. It could have grave consequences – for the refugees and for Europe.

• Primary Source

France24, 21.9.11: EU 'shamefully' fails to aid Libya's stranded refugees http://www.france24.com/en/20110920-eu-shamefully-fails-aid-stranded-libyan-refugees-egypt-tunisia-saloum

ESO: Background information: The masses huddle at Europe’s doors http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-masses-huddle-at-europes-doors/

Amnesty International: Press Releases: Asylum and Migration http://www.amnesty.eu/en/press-releases/asylum-and-migration/

Amnesty International: Press Release, 20.9.11: Libya: Totally inadequate response by EU states to refugees stuck in limbo http://www.amnesty.eu/en/press-releases/all/0509-0509/

Amnesty International: Briefing Paper: Europe, Now it is your turn to act, 2011 http://www.amnesty.eu/content/assets/Doc2011/3694_Libya_resettlement_web.pdf

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