Summary: This report documents the failure of Italian border police at the Adriatic ports of Ancona, Bari, Brindisi, and Venice to screen adequately for people in need of protection, in violation of Italy’s legal obligations. Human Rights Watch interviewed 29 children and adults who were summarily returned to Greece from Italian ports, 20 of them in 2012. pdf: http://www.hrw.org/reports/2013/01/21/turned-away

Articles:

Article 3: Best interests of the child

Article 19: Protection from abuse and neglect

Article 27: Standard of living

Article 40: Administration of juvenile justice

Article 2: Non-discrimination

Article 17: Access to appropriate information

Article 22: Refugee children

Article 37: Torture and deprivation of liberty

Organisation:

Human Rights Watch

Attachment Link:

http://www.hrw.org/reports/2013/01/21/turned-away

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