A response from the UNHCR on the situation outside its community day care centre in Tripoli

FOLLOWING the publication of yesterday’s story on the situation outside the UNHCR’s community day care (CDC) centre in Tripoli, the agency sent The Civil Fleet the following response. It was too long to include in the original article, which you can read here, and therefore we post it here in its entirety. [THE UNHCR] remains

International community urged ‘to suspend all agreements with Libya’ as systematic abuse of refugees continues

UNHCR ‘deeply regrets’ closing community centre as refugees gather for fifth day demanding protection WORLD governments were urged today to suspend all agreements with the Libyan government until it complies with international human rights and humanitarian laws. The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), a global network of over 200 human rights NGOs, and the Libyan