Commissioner for Human Rights

[12/10/10 10:30] �European states seek to reduce immigration through improper threats of sanctions against airlines and other transport companies. They pass heavy responsibility on to the carriers in order to limit access to their territories", said the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg, publishing today his latest human rights comment. Travel personnel, who cannot possibly have the appropriate competencies for ensuring the rights of refugees under international law, have been made to decide if someone should be allowed to board an airplane or ship � or not. (more)
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