TRIPOLI: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday (Apr 4) he was 'shocked' by the level of suffering of migrants at a detention ...
TRIPOLI: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday he was"shocked" by the level of suffering of migrants at a detention centre in Tripoli which he visited during a visit to the Libyan capital.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he was shocked by what he saw at the migrant camp. Italy's tough line on the issue has seen many boats that pick up migrants making the perilous journey across the Mediterranean increasingly return them to chaos-wracked Libya.But there they face trafficking, kidnap, torture and rape, according to the United Nations and aid groups.
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