HUMAN rights violations against people trapped in Libya’s migrant detention centres continued “unabated” during the first six months of this year, a new report by Amnesty International revealed today.

The study, entitled No-One Will Look For You, details the experiences of 53 refugees previously detained in Libya’s official migrant detention centres, 49 of whom were detained after the EU-supported Libyan Coastguard intercepted them at sea.

Amnesty found that despite the Libyan authorities’ promise to close government-run centres where abuse was rife, similar violations — such as torture, extortion, forced labour and sexual violence against men, women and children — have been reproduced in newly opened or reopened centres.