As a northern African nation and as strategic location to bounce to Europe, Libya has been hosting some thousands of immigrants. It has got low records of human rights and people have been facing too much abuse in detention centers. Since long time, the UN refugee agency has been trying to address the need of asylum seekers and refugees, below the threshold level that can be considered as a contribution.
The office was there fore the only hope to those in desperate of its umbrella; even though little is done by the office. Everybody is aware of all the dilemmas the office to tackle with, but the office was highly expected to act with in the problems more that what it has been doing. People have been really tired visiting the office that hosts few staff and very large work load. RSD interviews have been scheduled for more than four times and there are a lot of people who do not get the interview yet since 2008. Even those who got the RSD, the result for decision is delayed and many of the clients have been visiting the office every Thursday. Issuing asylum and refugee certificate is the other problem; people have been visiting the office for more than four months as no certificate is given to all new applicants who register in 2010.
People are also desperately looking aid in detention centers. Yes, this is off course difficult for the office it needs some assistance from the government. Thus, people will face extreme situation if this little responsibility of UNHCR totally terminated. All the asylum seekers who do not yet got opportunity to registration, all the asylum seekers registered for asylum but waiting for RSD, all asylum seekers who have done RSD interview but waiting the final decision on their refugee status are the first hand. Yet there are a lot of recognized refugees who desperately look for durable solutions and there are other groups who are already referred for resettlement to voluntary countries and finish interviews with IOM for final resettlement. Other groups fall to family sponsorship to Canada and EU countries. Every body will be risked with the new decision of Libya to terminate the work of the UN refugee agency.
The Italian push back policy is also there. People can not go to Italy and apply for asylum. Now, the tactic of the Italian government to deceive the EU by convincing about the welcoming of returnees, now every thing becomes clear. All the pushed back are yet in detention centers and all the rest are risking of deportation back to their home country if UN refugee agency terminate in Tripoli. Where is the sense of globalization and civilization, EU in general and Italy in particular advocates?
Thus, Eritrean asylum seekers and refugees are center for the risk and are extremely concerned. Now they are urging the international community to convince Libya allow the agency to function and we also urge to the developed countries that are part to refugee protocols of 1951 to look for durable solutions of the desperate refugees in Libya
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