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Humanitarian access to Libyan detention centres has dropped (Photo: UNHCR.org)

Libyan detention centres must end, EU says

The European Commission says it is pressing to shut down Libyan migrant and refugee detention centres.

The comments on Monday (21 June) were made following press reports of minors being sexually assaulted by Libyan guards.

"We have our position on detention centres. They need to close," European Commission...

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

Humanitarian access to Libyan detention centres has dropped (Photo: UNHCR.org)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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