Migrants subject to torture, sexual violence at the hands of smugglers,
Refugees and migrants are subject to sexual violence torture and killings at the hands of people smugglers and criminal gangs , according to a new report from Amnesty International.
The report, which contains testimony from over 90 refugees in reception and processing centres in the South of Italy, graphically details the abuse suffered by migrants and refugees who pour into the country.
Some migrants - who have to pay up to thousands of dollars in fees - were even sold on to other people smugglers after they’d arrived in the country and had their families held ransom whilst they were kept as virtual prisoners in squalid conditions.
The report also details the frequency of the sexual violence that migrants and refugees are subjected to
Rape was so commonplace along the smuggling routes and coastal warehouses where migrants wait before boarding boats to Europe that some women took contraceptive pills even before they began their journeys.
The authorities must take urgent steps to restore the rule of law and protect the rights of refugees and migrants.
“The EU should focus less on keeping migrants and refugees out and more on finding safe and legal ways for those trapped in Libya to access a place of safety.”
International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that 2,900 migrants died trying to reach Europe by crossing the Mediterranean Sea since the beginning of 2016, the route's deadliest six months on record
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