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African Union seeks to kill EU plan to process migrants in Africa
Source: The Guardian
African Union seeks to kill EU plan to process migrants in Africa
Exclusive: Leaked paper shows determination to dissuade coastal states from cooperating
Daniel Boffey in Sharm el-Sheikh
Sun 24 Feb 2019 12.33 GMT
The African Union is seeking to kill off the EU’s latest blueprint for stemming migration, claiming it would breach international law by establishing “de facto detention centres” on African soil, trampling over the rights of those being held.
A “common African position paper” leaked to the Guardian reveals the determination of the 55-member state body, currently headed by Egypt, to dissuade any of its coastal states from cooperating with Brussels on the plan.
The EU set plans for “regional disembarkation platforms” in motion last summer to allow migrants found in European waters to have their asylum requests processed on African soil.
Brussels has a similar arrangement up and running with Libya, where there are 800,000 migrants, 20,000 of whom are being held in government detention centres.
The Libyan authorities have been accused of multiple and grave human rights abuses. A UN report recently stated that migrants in the country faced “unimaginable horrors”.
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Exclusive: Leaked paper shows determination to dissuade coastal states from cooperating
Daniel Boffey in Sharm el-Sheikh
Sun 24 Feb 2019 12.33 GMT
The African Union is seeking to kill off the EU’s latest blueprint for stemming migration, claiming it would breach international law by establishing “de facto detention centres” on African soil, trampling over the rights of those being held.
A “common African position paper” leaked to the Guardian reveals the determination of the 55-member state body, currently headed by Egypt, to dissuade any of its coastal states from cooperating with Brussels on the plan.
The EU set plans for “regional disembarkation platforms” in motion last summer to allow migrants found in European waters to have their asylum requests processed on African soil.
Brussels has a similar arrangement up and running with Libya, where there are 800,000 migrants, 20,000 of whom are being held in government detention centres.
The Libyan authorities have been accused of multiple and grave human rights abuses. A UN report recently stated that migrants in the country faced “unimaginable horrors”.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/24/african-union-seeks-to-kill-eu-plan-to-process-migrants-in-africa
