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Libya: Summary Deportations Would Endanger Migrants and Asylum Seekers

Posted on 17/01/2008

Forcible Returns of Those in Need of Protection is Illegal Libya’s decision on Wednesday to summarily deport all undocumented foreigners – perhaps more than 1 million people – risks exposing asylum seekers and those in need of protection to persecution and abuse in their own countries, Human Rights Watch said today. Forcible returns violate international law and Libya’s own commitment to protect refugees.

Libya Refugee Rights: Migrants Press Release