Libya says 38 migrants taken to bombed detention center
Libya’s coast guard says it has intercepted around
four dozen Europe-bound migrants off the Mediterranean coast and taken them to
a detention center that was bombed earlier this month.
Spokesman Ayoub Gassim says a rubber boat carrying
38 migrants, mostly Egyptians, was stopped Tuesday off the coast some 65
kilometers (40 miles) east of the capital, Tripoli. He says the migrants were
transferred to the Tajoura detention center.
An airstrike hit the center on July 3, killing more
than 50 people and raising new concerns over the treatment of migrants in
Libya, where the European Union has partnered with local forces to stem
Mediterranean crossings.
Thousands of migrants are being held in poorly
equipped detention centers near the front lines of the latest fighting between
rival Libyan factions.
