[wanabidii] Amnesty International: Italy has violated migrants' human rights under EU pressure (M&G Africa)

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Amnesty International: Italy has violated migrants' human rights under EU pressure   European law says migrants must stay in the country where they first enter the bloc and that is determined by where they give their fingerprints.

Mugabe and Zuma - peas in a pod?   The embattled presidents spoke at the opening of a Bi-National Commission, where President Jacob Zuma appeared fresh from the #StateCaptureReport.

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