Immigration : Deportation of Immigrants: Commission Urged to Take a Stand

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The main groups in the European Parliament, with the noteworthy exception of the EPP, expect precise answers to precise questions on Italy's recent controversial deportation of hundreds of illegal immigrants to Libya.

The controversy is raging because the Italian authorities are suspected of infringing the right of asylum. However, the European Commission has not yet given its opinion on Italy's deportation, in early May, of illegal African immigrants to Libya, with which Silvio Berlusconi's government now has a secret friendship treaty'. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (HCR) points out that Tripoli has not signed the 1951 Geneva Convention on Human Rights and lacks a …