Libya: Detained Migrants at Risk in Tripoli Clashes

Expand Migrant detention center in the Tripoli suburb of Tajoura. © 2019 Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters (Beirut) – The reported attack by armed men on asylum seekers and migrants in a detention center on April 23, 2019 highlights the growing risk to thousands of detainees during ongoing fighting in Tripoli, Human Rights Watch said today. Forces under the command of General Khalifa Hiftar are battling with militias allied with the United Nations-backed Government of National Accord (GNA). Some migrant detention centers are located near militia bases – ripe targets for attack during fighting – and GNA-backed…

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