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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Renata Brito

Lawyers ask ICC to investigate 122 European officials for crimes against humanity in Mediterranean

EU Libya Migration ICC - (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

The European Union's cooperation on migration with the fractured North African nation of Libya is in the spotlight again after human rights lawyers filed the names of some 120 European leaders - including French President Emmanuel Macron and former German Chancellor Angela Merkel - to the International Criminal Court, accusing them of committing crimes against humanity with migrants in the Mediterranean Sea.

The group led by lawyers Omer Shatz and Juan Branco filed a 700-page legal brief on Thursday. The Associated Press has obtained a copy of the brief.

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