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The European Union on Tuesday defended its work with migrants in Libya after U.N.-backed investigators accused the 27-nation bloc of abetting human rights abuses and other crimes in the largely lawless north African country. Libya is a major departure point for people from northern Africa and elsewhere desperate enough to make the perilous Mediterranean Sea…
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, European Union backing for Libyan authorities who stop and detain migrants means the bloc has aided and abetted rights violations against migrants, according to Chaloka Beyani, the lead investigator for a UN fact-finding mission. Beyani s reporting was based on more than 400 interviews with eyewitnesses and migrants: he added that crimes against humanity were being committed against migrants in detention centres.