Libya: Medical care amongst inhumanity

Jai DefranciscisAugust 13, 2019

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Médecins Sans Frontières teams provide ongoing care for migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in detention centres in Misrata, Khoms and Zliten, where people are held for indefinite periods of time. © Sara Creta/MSF

It was completely heartbreaking to see people caged up in the detention centres, standing behind bars. Their eyes held nothing. Yet when I spoke to them, every single person had a story. There were child soldiers escaping a horrific life for a new beginning; people longing for an education or more opportunity for their family. They would say to me, “I’ve done nothing wrong – why am I in a prison?”

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