In Libya, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) announces that its medical team will leave the Migrant Detention Centers in al-Mabani and Abu Salim, Tripoli.
NGO Médecins sans frontières takes this decision deterioration of the situationdue to the overpopulation of detention centers. “The situation began after a gradual increase in the number of refugees and migrants in these centers,” explains Oonagh Curry, MSF’s Chief of Operations in Libya.
A consequence of increased wiretapping of migrants who wish reaches Europe by crossing the Mediterranean. “This increase is directly linked to an increase in the Libyan coast guard on the Mediterranean, which catches migrants fleeing to Europe, she adds.
“A situation we can no longer support”
In addition, the organization condemns the extreme and persistent violence in the centers against migrants caught in the Mediterranean. They ‘are kept in metal containers, without windows, without proper ventilation, in summer heat, they do not have enough water, not enough food. On June 13, guards at the detention center in Abu Salim opened fire on migrants and refugees with several injured. We heard again about an incident in al-Mabani. The guards began beating the migrants and refugees. We saw 19 people with fractures and cuts ”.
MSF therefore calls on the Libyan state to intervene and European Union to reconsider the funding it grants to the Libyan Coast Guard. “We have reached a situation that we can no longer support, concludes MSF.
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