Zeid told the U.N. Human Rights Council that he deplored "the
widespread anti-migrant rhetoric that we have heard, spanning the length
and breadth of the European continent".
U.N. rights boss deplores detention of migrants in Europe
The United Nations
human rights boss on Monday decried a "worrying rise" in detention of
migrants in so-called "hotspots" in Greece and Italy and urged
authorities to find alternatives to confining children while their
asylum requests are processed.
"Even
unaccompanied children are frequently placed in prison cells or centres
ringed with barbed-wire. Detention is never in the best interests of the
child - which must take primacy over immigration objectives," Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said in a speech. "Alternatives to the detention of children must be developed."
Zeid told the U.N. Human Rights Council that he deplored "the widespread anti-migrant rhetoric that we have heard, spanning the length and breadth of the European continent".
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