Sunday 21 December 2008

French detention centre highlights mistreatment of migrants

8 December 2008
Men, women, children and infants are piled on mats in overcrowded cells. Food is strewn all over the kitchen and the toilets are overflowing. Children dig in rubbish bins. Yellow biohazard bags are piled high just outside the door, suggesting serious medical issues and there's no sign of proper medical facilities. Conditions in the centre amount to inhuman and degrading treatment.

This is what can be seen in photographs and video footage sent anonymously to one French media outlet and to Amnesty International that highlights mistreatment of irregular migrants in a European Union country as the EU's political bodies allow longer detention of migrants. Read more

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