Unaccompanied children as young as 12 are kept for weeks in overcrowded and unsafe conditions in Sicily, Human Rights Watch said. Some children stay for over a month in the Pozzallo migrant registration center, which was designed for short-term stays as an EU-designated "hotspot" for screening asylum seekers. Due to chronic overcrowding, children must sleep in bunk beds or on mattresses on the floor near unrelated adult men. “Pozzallo is no place for a child, much less for extended periods of time,” said Judith Sunderland, associate Europe and Central Asia director at Human Rights Watch.
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Unaccompanied Children Stuck in Unsafe 'Hotspot' in Italy
Unaccompanied children as young as 12 are kept for weeks in overcrowded and unsafe conditions in Sicily, Human Rights Watch said. Some children stay for over a month in the Pozzallo migrant registration center, which...
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