{"id":148230,"date":"2021-10-13T12:34:49","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T04:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=148230"},"modified":"2021-10-13T12:34:49","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T04:34:49","slug":"un-migration-agency-condemns-killing-of-illegal-immigrants-in-libyan-detention-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=148230","title":{"rendered":"UN migration agency condemns killing of illegal immigrants in Libyan detention center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/news.cgtn.com\/news\/2021-10-10\/UN-condemns-killing-of-illegal-immigrants-in-Libyan-detention-center-14ePIt5HOXm\/img\/c81a7d1b13c54f929e9b6f5005a78ec2\/c81a7d1b13c54f929e9b6f5005a78ec2.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Asylum seekers gather in front of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Al-Sarraj, Tripoli<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"article-123\">TRIPOLI, Oct 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has condemned the killing of illegal immigrants in a detention center in the Libyan capital Tripoli.<br><br>&#8220;IOM condemns Friday&#8217;s senseless killing and the use of live rounds against migrants protesting the appalling conditions in detention,&#8221; IOM said in a statement.<br><br>Six were killed and at least 24 others injured at the Mabani detention center in Tripoli when armed guards opened fire following a riot and an attempted escape, IOM said.<br><br>However, the Libyan interior minister denied the six deaths, confirming that only one person was killed &#8220;accidentally while leaving the center&#8221;.<br><br>Libya has been suffering insecurity and chaos since the fall of the late leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, making the North African country a preferred point of departure for illegal immigrants who want to cross the Mediterranean Sea to European shores. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"article-123\">The rescued and arrested ones live in overcrowded reception centers across Libya, despite repeated international calls to close the centers. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asylum seekers gather in front of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Al-Sarraj, Tripoli TRIPOLI, Oct 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has condemned the killing of illegal immigrants in a detention center in the Libyan capital Tripoli. &#8220;IOM condemns Friday&#8217;s senseless killing and the use of live rounds against [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":148232,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148230"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/148232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}