Migrants and refugees are systematically subjected to arbitrary detention, forced labor, torture, extortion and other forms of abuse and exploitation in Libyan detention centers.

Despite evidence of this grave mistreatment, the E.U. and its Member States continue to support this exploitative detention system by providing financial and technical support to the Libyan authorities.

I urge E.U. governments to:

• Cease funding for the Libyan Coastguard
• Push to close all migrant detention centers in Libya, release and evacuate of all men, women and children currently detained there
• Set up of a disembarkation and relocation mechanism for people rescued in the Mediterranean Sea not tied to the Libyan Coastguard