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100 1 _aBARNES Jamal
245 _aTorturous journeys:
_bcruelty, international law, and pushbacks and pullbacks over the Mediterranean Sea/
_cJamal Barnes
260 _c2022
520 _aBoat pushbacks and pullbacks by Italy and the European Union (EU) have returned migrants and refugees to Libya where they have been subjected to brutal human rights violations, such as torture and ill-treatment. This article argues that these pushbacks and pullbacks not only undermine key human rights principles, but they are also an act of cruelty. As Italy and the EU have used the law to evade their international human rights and refugee obligations, the law has had distributive effects that have shaped migration pathways and exacerbated the vulnerability of migrants and refugees to torture. Not only have legal manoeuvres stripped migrants and refugees of their rights, enabling Italy and the EU to return people to inhumane detention centres in Libya, but they have also had the sinister side effect of excluding migrants and refugees from moral concern. As Italy and the EU have sought to evade legal responsibility, it has created indifference to the suffering of people on the move in Libya. This article sheds important light on the factors that lead to the torture of migrants and refugees on their migration journeys and offers new insights into the relationship between cruelty, migration policies, and indifference to human suffering.
650 _aINTERNATIONAL LAW
650 _aCRUELTY
650 _aTORTURE
650 _aREFUGEES AND MIGRANTS
650 _aEUROPE
650 _aBOAT PUSHBACKS AND PULLBACKS
773 _aReview of International Studies:
_gVol 48, Issue 3, July 2022, pp.441-460 (45)
598 _aREFUGEE, EUROPE, EU
856 _uhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/review-of-international-studies/article/torturous-journeys-cruelty-international-law-and-pushbacks-and-pullbacks-over-the-mediterranean-sea/524868DD6EB3CFF735447346A2C817B9
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