BY RT INTERNATIONAL
Lithuania abuses refugees from Africa and the Middle East as the EU turns a blind eye, Amnesty says
Lithuania has taken a racial and illegal approach towards refugees from Africa and the Middle East, who poured across its border with Belarus last year, Amnesty International said in a damning report on Monday. Adding that Brussels turned a blind eye to the violations.
Amnesty said it was concerned about âinstitutional racism embedded within Lithuaniaâs migration systemâ after discovering a sharp contrast between the treatment of Ukrainian refugees and those who came from other parts of the world.
âWhile Lithuania has rightly extended a warm welcome to tens of thousands of people fleeing Ukraine, the experience of the detainees we spoke with could not be more different,â Nils Muiznieks, Europe Regional Director of Amnesty International, said. âThis raises serious concerns about institutional racism embedded within Lithuaniaâs migration system.â
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