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Every year, hundreds of people who flee to Cyprus to escape persecution, war or simply grinding poverty are put behind bars and detained as if they were criminals, even though they have committed no crime. Most are detained for months, often in poor conditions without access to adequate medical care and usually unable to challenge the lawfulness of their detention due to the paucity of free legal aid. In some cases, the Cypriot authorities refuse to free people even when the Supreme Court has ordered their release.
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"We cannot live here any more." Refugees from Syria to Egypt
Broken promises: Egypt's military rulers erode human rights
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A year on since the M.S.S. Judgment: Greece continues to violate asylum-seekers’ human rights
The European Court of Human Rights vindicates the rights of asylum-seekers in the EU
Greece: The end of the road for refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants
Irregular migrants and asylum-seekers routinely detained in substandard conditions
The Dublin II trap: Transfers of asylum-seekers to Greece
Alleged violations at sea must be investigated
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Frontier Europe - Human rights abuses on Greece's border with Turkey
Enter at your peril - Lives put at risk at the gate of Europe
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Exploited labour: Migrant workers in Italy's agricultural sector
‘Historic’ European Court judgment upholds migrants’ rights
Italy - Lampedusa: Another crisis of the Italian government’s own making
Over 100 reportedly "pushed back" at sea
New legislation violates right to liberty for migrants
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http://www.amnesty.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/IT/IDPagina/36
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Scapegoats of fear: Rights of refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants abused in Libya
Libya briefing: We are foreigners, we have no rights
Militias threaten hopes for new Libya
Deaths of detainees amid widespread torture
Seeking safety, finding fear: Refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants in Libya and Malta
EU-Libya cooperation: No safeguards for refugees
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Libya briefing: We are foreigners, we have no rights
Militias threaten hopes for new Libya
Deaths of detainees amid widespread torture
Seeking safety, finding fear: Refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants in Libya and Malta
EU-Libya cooperation: No safeguards for refugees
Scapegoats of fear: Rights of refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants abused in Libya
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Seeking safety, finding fear: Refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants in Libya and Malta
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Every year, thousands of people embark on perilous sea voyages on unseaworthy vessels, without a proper crew or any safety equipment, in an attempt to reach Europe from north and west Africa. Some are fleeing conflict; others are trying to escape grinding poverty. they are all looking for a better future. Many never make it to Europe: they die at sea from dehydration; they drown; or they are intercepted by patrol boats and returned to the country from which they departed.
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JHA: EU should not give license to abuse of migrants
EU: Respond to migrants abuse in Morocco
Spain and Morocco: Failure to protect the rights of migrants: Ceuta and Melilla one year on
Spain and Morocco: The authorities must be held accountable for the violation of migrants' rights
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Stop racism, not people: Racial profiling and immigration control in Spain
Spain and Morocco: Failure to protect the rights of migrants: Ceuta and Melilla one year on
Spain and Morocco: The authorities must be held accountable for the violation of migrants' rights
The Southern Border. The State turns its back on the human rights of refugees and migrants
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http://www.es.amnesty.org/temas/refugio-e-inmigracion/espana-frontera-sur/
http://www.es.amnesty.org/paises/espana/inmigracion-racismo-xenofobia/
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Ukraine must protect detained asylum-seekers attacked by security forces
Ukraine must release Somali asylum-seekers
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Out of Control: The case for a complete overhaul of enforced removals by private contractors
UK: Seeking Asylum is not a crime: detention of people who have sought asylum
At the end of the line: Restoring the integrity of the UK’s asylum system
Down and Out in London: the road to destitution for rejected asylum seekers
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