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Libya migrant graves spark EU funding row

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International organisations have called for the European Union to suspend funding to Libya following the discovery of a mass grave in the country’s south-eastern region. The Libyan Public Prosecutor’s Office reported on 9 February that 28 African migrants’ bodies were found in a mass grave near an illegal detention centre in the Kufra region, where […] The post Libya migrant graves spark EU funding row appeared first on Libyan Express.

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NGOs denounce EU funding to Libya after the discovery of a mass grave

Paris – About thirty international organizations call on Tuesday for the “freezing of European Union funding” to Libya after the discovery in early February of a mass grave in the far southeast of the country. The bodies of 28 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa were found in a mass grave near an “illegal” detention center in the Koufra region, in the far southeast of Libya, the Libyan prosecutor general’s office said on February 9. “In light of th…

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EU Faces Pressure to Halt Libya Funding After Mass Graves Discovered

On Wedneaday, nearly 30 international organizations, including Human Rights Watch and Sea-Watch, are demanding that the European Union freeze its financial support to Libya. Their call comes after Libyan authorities uncovered mass graves in Kufra, containing dozens of African migrants near an illegal detention center. Libyan investigators found at least 50 bodies buried in two locations. One grave, on a remote farm, contained 19 victims, while a…

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