abuse

• Italy

The humanitarian organization Intersos denounced in a statement that in Rome, hundreds of migrant adolescents are homeless and at risk for abuse. It said the number of unaccompanied minors in transit in the city has been increasing in recent weeks.

• Italy
• Libya

The organization Doctors for Human Rights (MEDU) has denounced the atrocities endured by migrants inside detention centers in Libya, citing the stories recently reported by five migrants in Ragusa, Sicily.

• Libya

Amnesty said it found new evidence of "harrowing violations, including sexual violence, against men, women and children" living in Libyan detention camps after being returned from the Mediterranean.

• Libya

Amadi*, a 24-year-old Malian, contacted InfoMigrants to tell us about his experiences in one of Libya's state prisons. Violence against migrants in these detention centers has been well-documented and condemned, yet it continues.

• Germany

Over 2.5 years after the start of the main trial about the abuse of asylum seekers in a reception center in western Germany, four men were dealt monetary fines. The case from 2014 in the small town of Burbach had triggered widespread outrage and forced regional governments to reassess the standards at such facilities.

• Libya

The medical charity Doctors without borders (MSF) has announced it will suspend its medical activities in two Libyan detention centers because the levels of violence taking place there are "no longer acceptable."

• Italy
• Libya

Italy's Supreme Court of Cassation has confirmed a life sentence for Osman M., known as Ismail, for killing and abusing detainees at the camp of Bani Walid in Libya. The judges said that the man killed at least six people and tortured and raped detainees "beyond any reasonable doubt".

• Libya

Some 350 African migrants, including over 100 children, have reportedly been freed from a secret prison in southeast Libya. The UN migration agency, IOM, said many of them were malnourished and had been abused.

• United Kingdom

A new report from the police watchdog in the UK has warned British police against passing the details of abused migrant women to the Home Office. They say sharing information can prevent potential victims from approaching the police if they fear they risk deportation.

• Libya

Within three days, Libya's coast guard intercepted 935 migrants in the Mediterranean and returned them to Libya. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) once again denounced the longstanding practice in light of the documented abuse and exploitation that await returnees in Libyan detention camps.

• Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Croatia

South Asian migrants stuck in Bosnian camps have accused Croatian police of badly beating people caught trying cross the border into the EU. Human rights groups are calling for an investigation of the abuse allegations.

• Libya

The Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) led by Fayez al-Sarraj announced it will move migrant centers under Tripoli's control from coastal areas to the country's interior, in an effort to cope with human trafficking.