The alleged abuse is the natural outcome of the EU’s new migration strategy, according to Amnesty International, which conducted the research. Since 2015, European leaders have forced Italy to register all arrivals from Libya, effectively making Italy responsible for their care, without welcoming any themselves. Just 1,200 refugees have been formally relocated from Italy to other European countries out of the 40,000 whom EU members initially promised to absorb. “I was on a chair made of aluminium, with an opening on the seat,” he told Amnesty, in testimony also confirmed by a second victim. I can’t say how painful it was.”A 16-year-old from Darfur told Amnesty that he was electrocuted after he tried to resist being fingerprinted.

Source: The Guardian November 03, 2016 00:01 UTC