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The shocking attack on the Tajoura detention centre that caused the death of dozens of refugees and migrants and injured many more, including children and women, is a stark reminder of how the war in Libya…

Highlights Yesterday, UNHCR relocated 29 refugees from the Gharyan detention centre, 90 km south of Tripoli. Living conditions were dire and detainees were increasingly at risk from encroaching clashes. The refugees from Eritrea and Somalia had been…

Since the onset of armed conflict in the southern areas of Tripoli on 04 April 2019, a significant number of people have been affected by the conflict. As per the most recent flash update published by…

Tripoli – In Libya, the security and humanitarian situation is worsening. Fifty-three migrants are confirmed dead, among them six children following Tuesday’s airstrike on the Tajoura detention centre. Over 130 people were injured. The more then 600…

Tunis/Tripoli, 05 July 2019 Last night’s attack on Tajoura detention centre in which 53 migrants and refugees (including 6 children) lost their lives and 130 were seriously injured, re-emphasises in the most tragic manner the inalienable…

By James Reinl UNITED NATIONS, Jul 4 2019 (IPS) - A military strike on a detention centre for migrants in Libya that claimed dozens of lives on Tuesday Jul. 2 has reignited a debate over the poor…

The indiscriminate and disproportionate use of force in the fight for the control of Tripoli’s suburbs since 4 April has resulted in Tadjourah detention centre getting hit by an airstrike on 2 July. The centre, which…

Geneva – The United Nations Network on Migration condemns the attack on the refugee and migrant detention centre in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, that has killed at least 44 people and wounded more than 130 others. The…

The International Criminal Court must order an urgent investigation into an abhorrent attack on the Tajoura immigration detention centre in eastern Tripoli, Libya, in which at least 40 refugees and migrants were killed and more than…

SG/SM/19652 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres: The Secretary-General is outraged by reports that at least 44 migrants and refugees, including women and children, have been killed and more than…