Libya expels the help groups accused of the “African” population

The Libyan authorities have accused the assistance groups of changing the country’s ethnic staff, urging African migrants to stay there and ordered them to close their offices.

Ten groups were allocated – including doctors without borders, the UN refugee and the Norwegian refugee council agency.

“This plan to resolve African migrants in our country is a hostile act. It is aimed at changing the demographic composition of the country and threatens the balance of Libyan society,” said the internal security press secretary Salem Gate.

This responds A similar message made by Tunis two years agoWhich was quickly condemned as anti-black racism.

Both countries sit on the Mediterranean coast and are key transit points for African migrants crossing the sea to Europe.

Since the overthrow of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, a government crash had been disrupted in 2011, which allowed armed militias and human roads to grow.

The country was divided into two, each managing the competitor administration.

Police were charged with detention facilities where migrants are beaten to death either starving and The Libyan Coast Guard is accused of sometimes taking people to the sea rather than saving them. The Libyan authorities did not comment on these allegations.

The resolution on the expulsion of the aid groups on Thursday was made by an internationally recognized government based in the capital, Tripoli.

A week ago, doctors without borders (MSF) suspended their work in Libya, describing the campaign of persecution by the Libyan authorities who “call and questioning the staff of international non -governmental organizations” since mid -March.

“Our organization is very concerned about the consequences that these orders will have on the health of patients and the security of humanitarian workers,” MSF said in a BBC statement.

In response to the announcement on Thursday, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) defended its work, informing the BBC that people who help are not “migrants” but refugees in need.

It also states that he works with the consent of the Tripoli government.

“We are in contact with the authorities in Libya and follow them to seek clarity. The UNHCR has been working in Libya for over 30 years, providing humanitarian assistance to refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable Libyan communities,” said the spokesman William Spindler at the BBC.

One of the accusations, which was reportedly, made Libya’s international security body against 10 aid groups, was that they supported “illegal migrants, providing them with food, clothing and medicine that called for these migrants to view Libya as a final place, not a transit country.” But many say they don’t want to stay in the country.

Over the years, African migrants south of the Saharan have been severely violated and degumanization of treatment in Libya – including the creature killed. enslavedEither repeatedly raped.

“He called me” disgusting black. “He raped me and said,” This is what women were made for, “” Sudanese refugee who trades in Libya told BBC This year, about a man who offered her work in cleaning the house.

“Even the children here are referring to us, they treat us as beasts and witchcraft, they insult us for black and African, aren’t Africans themselves?”