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UN: Release All Refugees, Migrants from Libyan Detention Centers

Lisa Schlein

   GENEVA - United Nations agencies are calling for the release of all
   refugees and migrants from Libyan detention centers. The call comes in
   the wake of the deadly airstrike July 2 on the Tajoura detention
   center, on the outskirts of the capital, Tripoli.

   The International Organization for Migration confirms 53 people,
   including six children, were killed and more than 130 injured in the
   Tuesday night bombing.

   The casualties comprise almost one-third of the more than 600 migrants
   and refugees who were detained in the Tajoura facility and represent at
   least 17 nationalities, mainly African.

   IOM spokesman Joel Millman says 350 migrants remain in the camp.

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