A young Eritrean man tried to take his own life in a Libyan migrant detention centre on Monday, three weeks after a Somali man died by suicide in the same centre, according to detainees who found him there. Refugees and asylum seekers in detention in Libya say they feel increasingly distressed about their chances of being evacuated to a safe country. Last Friday, that desperation turned to protest when hundreds of detainees managed to break out of Tripoli’s Sebha detention centre, marching through the streets while calling for international help. This week, Amnesty International called on European countries to offer more resettlement places for the roughly 6,000 migrants and refugees currently in “official” Libyan detention centres. Last weekend, a 19-year-old Eritrean also reportedly died in Zintan detention centre, 180km southwest of Tripoli.

Source: The Irish Times November 14, 2018 12:01 UTC