European Union backing for Libyan authorities that stop and detain migrants means the bloc has 'aided and abetted' the commission of rights violations against migrants, an investigator for a U.N. mission said on Monday.
Migrants rescued by the Libyan Coast Guards in the Mediterranean Sea arrive in Garaboli, Libya, May 23, 2022. REUTERS/Hazem Ahmed
The investigator, Chaloka Beyani, was speaking after a U.N. fact-finding mission presented a report saying crimes against humanity were carried out against migrants in detention centres. However, Peter Stano, lead spokesperson for EU external affairs, told a news briefing before the report's release: "We are providing assistance to help them to improve their performance when it comes to search and rescue, be it with vessels, be it with equipment or with training with the focus on human rights."
It said crimes had been committed by both state security forces and armed militia groups, which acted to repress dissent and carried out murders, rapes, enslavement, judicial killings and forced disappearances.
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