TRIPOLI – 25 April, 2019 – Refugees and migrants in Tripoli’s Qasr Bin Gashir detention were shot at and injured, according to evidence reviewed by medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). With MSF and other humanitarian agencies warning of the dangers for the some 3000 migrants and refugees locked up in detention centres in Tripoli and the surrounding area over two weeks ago, this incident could have been entirely prevented with their urgent and immediate evacuation out of country, the organisation stated.

“The international community can only be blamed for its complete and utter inaction. Today MSF is again pleading for their urgent and immediate evacuation out of the country. Until then they remain at risk for another attack or crossfire,” says Karline Kleijer, MSF’s Head of Emergencies.