The following post supplements a previous ILO post by myself (May, 4) on Italy’s “push-back” policy, titled Italy’s asylum policy violates international law (click here). For more information, see also a column published in Human Rights Brief, (2010) Vol. 17(3), titled The European Court of Human Rights scrutinizes Italy’s asylum policy (click here). Last week, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) operating in Libya received an order from Libyan authorities to cease its work and leave the country. The UN refugee agency is working in Libya since 1991 and, since Libya itself has no asylum procedure or institutions, is responsible…