Human rights organizations demonstrated in Rome against the renewal of an agreement between Italy and Libya to prevent migrants and refugees from reaching the European coasts.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on development, cooperation, illegal immigration, human trafficking, fuel smuggling and reinforcement of border security was signed between then Italian Prime Minister Gentiloni and Fayez al-Serraj, Head of the UN-backed Libyan Government of National Accord in February 2017.
But NGOs say serious human rights abuses take place at the detention centers, and are calling for the MoU to be revoked immediately.
Unless the Italian government revokes it, the agreement will be automatically renewed for three more years
