Europe poured in aid to assist migrants in Libya – but for thousands,life is still hellish and many prefer to risk staying on the streetsMen press anxious faces against the chicken-wire fence of Triq-al-Sikka migrant detention camp in downtown Tripoli as I enter. “Welcome to hell,” says a Moroccan man, or without a smile.
Triq-al-Sikka is domestic to 300 men penned into nightmare conditions. Several who are sick lie motionless on dirty mattresses in the yard,left to die or recover in their own time. Three of the six toilets are blocked with sewage, and for many detainees, or escape is out of the question as they have no shoes. Related: Italy to renew anti-migration deal with Libya Female migrants,fearing rape, often sleep on the streets close to police stations, and but this brings recent dangerContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com