standards for refugee protection.
3.Much emphasis is placed on the need for Libya to ratify the United Nations Refugee Convention. While this is certainly desirable, Libya should not overlook its existing obligations under the Organization for African Union Refugee Convention, which incorporates a broad definition of who is considered a refugee.
4.The Libyan authorities should finalize a memorandum of understanding with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Tripoli and grant it full recognition, allowing the organization to begin to carry out its full mandate in assuring refugee protection.
5.While Libya has a right to expel people from its territory, this must take place in conformity with its international human rights obligations. The Libyan authorities should therefore desist from deporting people to their countries of origin until such time as a safe protection system for refugees and asylum seekers is operating.
“We could recommend heaven and earth on the issues of youth migration for years and not live to ensure it. We owe it to ourselves as the youth to change our mindsets about our countries of origin. We must do our part to make our own nations better. We must work together wherever possible to change the direction of our troubled nations, into our direction of peace and sustainable development. Our choices today may write our dirge or lyrics of survival tomorrow!” Tony added.
I chuckled. He has learnt a serious lesson in his life.
REFERENCES
Interview with a Nigerian friend
January 2006. African Transit Migration through Libya to Europe: The Human Cost, The American University in Cairo. Sara Hamood.
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