Amnesty Says EU Leaders Complicit In Torture Of Refugees And Migrants
(World News UK)

European leaders stand accused by Amnesty International of being knowingly complicit in the torture and exploitation of thousands of migrants and refugees by the European Union-financed Libyan coast guard and officials running the country´s detention camps, The Guardian reports. In attempts to stem the flow of people across the Mediterranean to Europe, the EU is financing a system that routinely acts in collusion with militia groups and people traffickers to `make money from human suffering,` a report from the human rights group claims. Following the provision of ships, training and funding from the EU and Italy to the Libyan coast guard, the number of arrivals to Italy fell by 67 percent...