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Revealed: EU to continue supporting the Libyan Coastguard despite its fears of human rights abuses
Members of the Ocean Viking rescue ship pick up refugees from a rubber dinghy, close to an oil platform near Sabratha, Libya earlier this week. Europe has yet to provide the ship, which is carrying over 270 rescued people, with a port of safety.
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THE EU intends to continue supporting and training the Libyan Coastguard and its refugee interceptions despite the bloc’s concerns that the war-torn country’s government may be violating the human rights of migrants and profiting from their detention, the Star can reveal.
In response to a freedom of information request regarding the bloc’s funding, training and equipping of the Libyan Coastguard, the EU provided the Star with a redacted version of a document dated September 4 2019 from the Presidency of the Council of the European Union to member state delegates.
This document, which is stamped “public” briefly mentions the EU’s concerns over the inhumane conditions inside Libya’s detention centres.
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