Concerns for Refugees Mount in Strife-Torn Libya

The U.N. refugee agency says thousands of refugees and asylum seekers in Libya are desperately seeking to leave the country. With nearly 37,000 UNHCR-registered refugees in Tripoli and Benghazi, the agency says many are living in areas heavily damaged by fighting, unable to move to safer areas because of ongoing clashes. “In Tripoli alone, more than 150 people of Eritrean, Somali and other nationalities have been phoning our protection hotline desperately seeking help with...

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