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Winter had arrived in Libya and at one of the country’s largest immigration detention centres, its crippling effects were clear. Migrants and refugees held at the centre near Gharyan, some 80km south of Tripoli were in desperate need of clothes, blankets and mattresses.
The centre, which is run by the 9th Brigade, a militia nominally under the Ministry of Defence, had no ambulance, functioning sewage system or clean drinking water. The commander in charge said that when he complained to the Prime Minister’s office about the shortages, he was told that it was not a priority. An apparent dispute with the Ministry of Interior has been preventing its handover to state authority.
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The centre, which is run by the 9th Brigade, a militia nominally under the Ministry of Defence, had no ambulance, functioning sewage system or clean drinking water. The commander in charge said that when he complained to the Prime Minister’s office about the shortages, he was told that it was not a priority. An apparent dispute with the Ministry of Interior has been preventing its handover to state authority.
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