Lebanon and Cyprus used EU funds to violate refugees’ human rights – report

Lebanon and Cyprus have been accused of human rights abuses (AP)

European aid sent to Lebanon in an attempt to regulate migration by sea is funding practices that violate human rights, according to a global watchdog report.

As part of a policy to contain migration, authorities in Cyprus have physically pushed Syrian refugees back to Lebanon, and Lebanese security agencies have deported them, the Human Rights Watch report said.