"A tuberculosis outbreak has likely been raging for months in the detention center. People detained in Zintan and Gharyan detention centers are mostly from Eritrea and Somalia and have survived harrowing experiences during their perilous journey. On June 3, UNHCR relocated 96 people from Zintan detention center to a UNHCR-run facility in Tripoli where they await evacuation from Libya. "What will happen to the other 625 refugees remaining in Zintan and Gharyan detention centers?" "Transferring people from one detention center to another does not protect them from the life-threatening dangers they face in Libya.

Source: Libya Today June 21, 2019 15:11 UTC