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EU Rights Agency calls for urgent action on critical refugee situation

Saturday, 10 February 2018 12:05 AM [ Last Update: Saturday, 10 February 2018 12:05 AM ]

A group of migrants wait to be transferred from the Spanish war ship Santa Maria to the non-governmental organization (NGO) Aquarius ship by SOS Mediterranee and Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF - Doctors Without Borders) NGOs, on December 26 2017, on the Mediterranean sea. (AFP)

Homa Lezgee
Press TV, Vienna

The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights has called for urgent action over the dire conditions of refugees on the continent. In a newly-published report, the agency raised concern over stricter border controls, inhumane treatment and the detention of refugee children. From Vienna, Press TV’s Homa Lezgee reports.

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