Libya is divided - but what happens if the Gaddafi regime no longer protects the borders? According to human rights activists could tens of thousands to flee for fear of violence, discrimination, poverty. Europe will stop the new wave can not stop yet. It is cruel scenes which people flee. On the streets of Libyan cities subject bodies, eye-witness report, the injured could not be supplied.
In a telephone conversation with a doctor told the BBC shaken: "It was a massacre." The unrest of recent days and the brutality of the security forces could now trigger a new wave of refugees. People gather together their belongings - which is already observed in the Tunisian and Egyptian borders.
Others are afraid and say they were chased by the henchmen Muammar al-Gaddafi. Even thousands of miles away, on the Libyan-Egyptian border, people try to get to safety from the violence.
"They shoot at civilians and children," said a shocked Egyptians. Even scared Libyans may soon escape from their country. Your state is threatening to fall apart. The neglect of Gaddafi east of the country, the province of Cyrenaica, the most violent rebel against the regime. The country has already grown not historical, time was Italian colony, Britain and France assumed.
Meanwhile, the Gaddafi regime verln apparently in control of Cyrenaica. "A wave of illegal immigrants," It is questionable whether there are still guarding the borders - just as Europe has relied for years to get that Gaddafi's coast guard to protect Europe against the unwelcome migrants.
But what happens when Libya's coasts are no longer controlled? Then stand Europe "before a wave of illegal immigrants who can neither stop nor stop," says an EU diplomat. The Libyan coast is 2000 km long, with six neighboring states, the country also shares borders of 4,000 kilometers. But the borders are difficult to control.
Many refugees hope, therefore, that they succeeded with Libya to the Mediterranean and eventually to Europe. Italy fears now, hundreds of thousands could flock to Italy. With 200000-300000 migrants charged the Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini - and this is only a conservative estimate.
Suddenly Lampedusa as many immigrants as residents fact that the situation in Libya" worrying ", recognized a spokesman for EU internal Commissioner Cecilia Malmström landed on Tuesday. had so far, but on the Italian Mediterranean island of Lampedusa not coming from Libya refugees. It adds that there is already deployed mission of the EU border agency Frontex to be strengthened in an emergency, assured the speaker.
On Lampedusa were in the past few weeks, thousands of refugees from Tunisia landed. The previously closed detention center had to be opened, but only 800 people have it place. Suddenly Lampedusa as many local people and immigrants. Tunisians huddled in overcrowded dormitories, sleeping on foam mats.
They were waiting in cafes, on the roadside, at the . docks and over again, some put a hundred in other Italian refugee camp, but at times it was even there. stop, no space correspondingly great now the Italian fears of further immigrants to expect "is an exodus of biblical proportions, a problem.. that can be underestimated and may not Italian, "warns Minister Frattini Despite this alarmism. The problem affects not just Italy. The UN refugee agency UNHCR calls for even to the international community to accept refugees. "All states must recognize the needs of people to escape the targeted violence, threats and other human rights violations in Libya to try," a UNHCR spokeswoman said on Tuesday in Geneva.
The European Greens are calling for the EU to "immediately send ships to the Libyan coast and aircraft with relief goods and medicines," said the foreign policy spokesperson for the Greens in the European Parliament, Franziska Brantner. Egypt now also need the support of the European, since there could also arrive many Libyans.
"Egypt must not be left alone with the refugees." They feared that otherwise the reform process in the country could be charged. The Green Party politician calls, stopped by the EU for Libya controversial payments - intended for the monitoring of coastal and Refugees - reassigned for immediate humanitarian assistance.
It is about 50 million euros, with which the EU wanted to achieve a better management of African refugee movements. Somalis report of torture in detention camps because Gaddafi still a few days, the Gaddafi government courting and flirting - Human rights were a minor matter. "The bloody cooperation with Libya, the bankruptcy of the European human rights policy," said Karl Kopp of Pro Asyl.
In practice, looked like this: In order to prevent illegal immigrants from crossing, opened the Libyan coast guards sometimes fire on their boats. Whether the refugees had a right to asylum, was not even approved - even though European laws require this. Whether children or pregnant women were among them, just not much interested.
Once the migrants were in the custody of the Libyans began the next odyssey. Human rights groups complain that the refugees were detained in Libyan prisons overcrowded, they were defeated, would have to stay in windowless containers. Somalis told Amnesty International that they had been tortured with electric shocks in Libya.
"Pro Asyl" writes in a report, seeking protection were detained, mistreated and tortured, refugee women were raped. According to the organization sent the Italian Coast Guard left alone since May 2009, more than 2,000 boat people from Eritrea, Somalia and other countries in the detention camp followers Gaddafi.
Gaddafi was the closest partners within the European Union, Italy. It is thus significant, when Foreign Minister Franco Frattini says now: "The problem with Libya is that quite apart from Muammar al-Gaddafi, know anyone there."
In a telephone conversation with a doctor told the BBC shaken: "It was a massacre." The unrest of recent days and the brutality of the security forces could now trigger a new wave of refugees. People gather together their belongings - which is already observed in the Tunisian and Egyptian borders.
Others are afraid and say they were chased by the henchmen Muammar al-Gaddafi. Even thousands of miles away, on the Libyan-Egyptian border, people try to get to safety from the violence.
"They shoot at civilians and children," said a shocked Egyptians. Even scared Libyans may soon escape from their country. Your state is threatening to fall apart. The neglect of Gaddafi east of the country, the province of Cyrenaica, the most violent rebel against the regime. The country has already grown not historical, time was Italian colony, Britain and France assumed.
Meanwhile, the Gaddafi regime verln apparently in control of Cyrenaica. "A wave of illegal immigrants," It is questionable whether there are still guarding the borders - just as Europe has relied for years to get that Gaddafi's coast guard to protect Europe against the unwelcome migrants.
But what happens when Libya's coasts are no longer controlled? Then stand Europe "before a wave of illegal immigrants who can neither stop nor stop," says an EU diplomat. The Libyan coast is 2000 km long, with six neighboring states, the country also shares borders of 4,000 kilometers. But the borders are difficult to control.
Many refugees hope, therefore, that they succeeded with Libya to the Mediterranean and eventually to Europe. Italy fears now, hundreds of thousands could flock to Italy. With 200000-300000 migrants charged the Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini - and this is only a conservative estimate.
Suddenly Lampedusa as many immigrants as residents fact that the situation in Libya" worrying ", recognized a spokesman for EU internal Commissioner Cecilia Malmström landed on Tuesday. had so far, but on the Italian Mediterranean island of Lampedusa not coming from Libya refugees. It adds that there is already deployed mission of the EU border agency Frontex to be strengthened in an emergency, assured the speaker.
On Lampedusa were in the past few weeks, thousands of refugees from Tunisia landed. The previously closed detention center had to be opened, but only 800 people have it place. Suddenly Lampedusa as many local people and immigrants. Tunisians huddled in overcrowded dormitories, sleeping on foam mats.
They were waiting in cafes, on the roadside, at the . docks and over again, some put a hundred in other Italian refugee camp, but at times it was even there. stop, no space correspondingly great now the Italian fears of further immigrants to expect "is an exodus of biblical proportions, a problem.. that can be underestimated and may not Italian, "warns Minister Frattini Despite this alarmism. The problem affects not just Italy. The UN refugee agency UNHCR calls for even to the international community to accept refugees. "All states must recognize the needs of people to escape the targeted violence, threats and other human rights violations in Libya to try," a UNHCR spokeswoman said on Tuesday in Geneva.
The European Greens are calling for the EU to "immediately send ships to the Libyan coast and aircraft with relief goods and medicines," said the foreign policy spokesperson for the Greens in the European Parliament, Franziska Brantner. Egypt now also need the support of the European, since there could also arrive many Libyans.
"Egypt must not be left alone with the refugees." They feared that otherwise the reform process in the country could be charged. The Green Party politician calls, stopped by the EU for Libya controversial payments - intended for the monitoring of coastal and Refugees - reassigned for immediate humanitarian assistance.
It is about 50 million euros, with which the EU wanted to achieve a better management of African refugee movements. Somalis report of torture in detention camps because Gaddafi still a few days, the Gaddafi government courting and flirting - Human rights were a minor matter. "The bloody cooperation with Libya, the bankruptcy of the European human rights policy," said Karl Kopp of Pro Asyl.
In practice, looked like this: In order to prevent illegal immigrants from crossing, opened the Libyan coast guards sometimes fire on their boats. Whether the refugees had a right to asylum, was not even approved - even though European laws require this. Whether children or pregnant women were among them, just not much interested.
Once the migrants were in the custody of the Libyans began the next odyssey. Human rights groups complain that the refugees were detained in Libyan prisons overcrowded, they were defeated, would have to stay in windowless containers. Somalis told Amnesty International that they had been tortured with electric shocks in Libya.
"Pro Asyl" writes in a report, seeking protection were detained, mistreated and tortured, refugee women were raped. According to the organization sent the Italian Coast Guard left alone since May 2009, more than 2,000 boat people from Eritrea, Somalia and other countries in the detention camp followers Gaddafi.
Gaddafi was the closest partners within the European Union, Italy. It is thus significant, when Foreign Minister Franco Frattini says now: "The problem with Libya is that quite apart from Muammar al-Gaddafi, know anyone there."
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