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UN refugee agency evacuates 131 refugees from Libya to Niger

UN refugee agency evacuates 131 refugees from Libya to Niger | iNFOnews.ca
A vehicle and structure is damaged from fighting in the region of Tajoura , east of the Libyan capital Tripoli, Saturday, June 15, 2019. Humanitarian workers remain deeply concerned about the safety and well-being of some 3,700 refugees and migrants in detention centers that are already exposed to, or are located close to, active fighting. (AP Photo/Hamza Turkia, File)

CAIRO – The United Nations refugee agency says it has evacuated 131 African refugees from Libya to its emergency transit centre in neighbouring Niger.

The UNHCR released a statement Thursday saying the evacuees were from Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan, and included 65 children. Some of them were held in detention centres for over a year, the statement said.

The UNHCR says it has assisted 1,297 vulnerable refugees out of Libya in 2019, including 711 who were sent to Niger, 295 to Italy and 291 who have been resettled in Europe and Canada.

The agency also warned that more than 3,800 refugees and migrants held in detention centres remain at risk in war-torn Libya.

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