Some of the 700 refugees detained in the main warehouse of Zintan detention centre. In June 2019, the detainees were distributed in other buildings within the compound. Libya, July 2019.

Libya

In 2019, renewed conflict in Libya exacerbated the suffering of migrants and refugees trapped there without protection or assistance. Many who tried to flee across the Mediterranean Sea were forced back.

According to the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, there are more than 355,000 internally displaced people and nearly 50,000 registered refugees in the country…

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