Christophe Biteau, the head of Doctors Without Borders mission in Libya, said everyone intercepted by the Libyan coasties, around 10,789 people this year, has been held indefinitely in government-run detention centers.
"With fewer rescue ships and the summer surge in departures, the situation in the centers will get worse and worse," he added.
Italia's new far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has taken a tough stance on refugees since taking office on June 1. The new coalition government in Italia has been cracking down on humanitarian groups that rescue refugees in the Mediterranean Sea and then ferry the asylum seekers to the country’s ports.
Late last month, Salvini declared that the country’s ports would be closed "all summer" to charity ships which rescue refugees trying to cross the Mediterranean from Africa to the European Union
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