Europe accused of ‘double standard’ on Ukrainian refugeesBy EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated PressAndreea Alexandru - stringer, AP FILE - Emergency Situations Department employees talk to wheelchair bound Katia, 90 years-old, a refugee fleeing the conflict from neighbouring Ukraine at the Romanian-Ukrainian border, in Siret, Romania, Saturday, March 5, 2022. Aurel Obreja - stringer, AP UNCH staff speak to an elderly Ukrainian refugee woman during a visit by U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to a refugee facility housing Ukrainian refugees in Chisinau, Moldova, Tuesday, May 10, 2022. The forces who call themselves the country’s coast guard frequently forcibly return migrants to Libya, where they are then indefinitely imprisoned in facilities rife with abuses. By contrast, Rocca said, migrants, refugees and asylum seekers trying to get to Europe are still dying, facing abuse and struggling to access essential services. “In Europe there is a big heart and soul, because the community in Europe were able to open their arms, receiving millions in a few days of Ukrainians,” Rocca said.

Source: Libya Today May 17, 2022 08:22 UTC