Hundreds of migrants detained outside of UN center in Libya

The migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers were camping out near the building in the Libyan capital, Tripoli.
African migrants huddle under a blanket at a makeshift shelter in the capital Tripoli's suburb of Ain Zara, on Oct. 9, 2021.
African migrants huddle under a blanket at a makeshift shelter in the capital Tripoli's suburb of Ain Zara, on Oct. 9, 2021. - MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP via Getty Images
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Libyan security forces dispersed and arrested migrants outside of a community center in Tripoli, rights groups said today. 

The migrants had been conducting a sit-in outside of the United Nations-affiliated center when Libyan police dispersed them “with force” and conducted arrests last night, the Belaady Organization for Human Rights, a Libyan nongovernmental organization (NGO), said on Facebook.

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