Back100,000 Libyans flee fighting near Tripoli, UNHCR says
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10 Oct 2014, 03:33 PM IST
The fleeing has led to growth in displacement, which is now estimated at 287,000 people in 29 cities and towns
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Geneva: About 100,000 people have fled fighting near the Libyan capital Tripoli in the past three weeks, adding to a growing problem of internal displacement, the UN refugee agency United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Friday.
“With fighting among rival armed groups intensifying in a number of areas of Libya, we are seeing growing displacement - now estimated at 287,000 people in 29 cities and towns countrywide," UNHCR said in a statement.
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Published: 10 Oct 2014, 03:33 PM IST
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