01.06.2016, Irin

All at sea: Libyan detention centres at crisis point

The coast around Sabrata has become one of the main departure points used by people-smugglers following a crackdown on their former hub of Zuwarah. Zawiya houses 1,727 detainees, far above its official maximum capacity of 1,200. Food and water supplies are already inadequate and al-Tumi said he has no additional resources for the new arrivals. The EU’s offer of support also fails to address the issue of what happens to the migrants after they are caught and returned to Libya, where they face incarceration in one of the country’s 30 functioning migrant detention centres, many of which are under the control of militias. read more

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