Flüchtlinge in Libyen in Sahara ausgesetzt

Ähnlich wie seit langem in Algerien werden nun auch in Libyen Flüchtlinge in der Sahara ausgesetzt:

Libya is forcing people across its land borders into 'no man's land' remote stretches of deserts without water, according to a UN rights expert.

"They appear linked to efforts to strengthen Libya's external border enforcement so as to prevent migrants from eventually arriving to Europe," said Benjamin Lewis from the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Thursday (27 January).

Speaking to MEPs in the sub-committee on human rights, Lewis said the expulsions are being carried out by the Libyan department for combating illegal migration, also known as the DCIM.

It also runs a slew of detention centres rife with abuse amid documented reports of rape, killings and enforced disappearances.

"According to one Libyan official, DCIM is now and I quote, 'deporting more people faster than ever before,'" said Lewis.

The official DCIM figures indicate 7,500 have been expelled from Libya's external land borders in 2019 and 2020, many from the city of al-Kufra in southeastern Libya and into Chad and Sudan.