Some weeks ago, a press-article on the “Zhuravychi Migrant Accommodation Centre” was published. In this Detention Centre mainly Somali detainees started a hunger strike in the beginning of this year and called for their immediate release. According to the report, 98 persons are still imprisoned. Under them are 36 Somali citizens, 21 Afghans and 7 Moldavians. This means, that Ukraine is still violating the rights especially of Somali refugees, guaranteed inter alia in the European Convention on Human Rights. BMPU spoke to former hunger striker, who now stays in a neighboring EU-member state.
Recently published by BMPU: Report on Corruption in the Immigration, Detention and Asylum System of Ukraine
Published 2011 by BMPU: Access to Protection Denied – Refoulement of Refugees and Minors on the Eastern Borders of the EU
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