UN warns women, child migrants unsafe in Libya

Libya is a major departure point for people seeking to irregularly reach Europe, and the journey can be deadly.
African migrants stage a demonstration outside the headquarters of the UN Refugee Agency in the Siraj area of the Libyan capital, Tripoli.
African migrants stage a demonstration outside the headquarters of the UN Refugee Agency in the Siraj area of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, calling for their repatriation, on Oct. 9, 2021. The demonstration took place after guards shot dead six migrants at an overcrowded Tripoli detention facility, the International Organization for Migration said, in the latest violence against migrants following mass arrests in recent days. - MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP via Getty Images
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Women and children migrants in Libyan detention centers are at risk following recent mass arrests, the United Nations’ body for children, UNICEF, warned Tuesday night.

Approximately 751 women and 255 children were among the thousands of migrants and asylum seekers detained in Libya recently. There are also five unaccompanied children and at least 30 infants being held in poor conditions at the detention centers in the capital, Tripoli, according to UNICEF.

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