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Locked up with no escape: refugees and migrants in Libya face bombs,virus and everything in between

While the situation in Libya is bleak overall, it remains exceptionally desperate for the refugees and migrants who are stuck there.

Locked up with no escape: refugees and migrants in Libya face bombs,virus and everything in between
Migrants at a naval base in Tripoli, Libya, on April 22, 2018 | Picture by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua News Agency/PA Images. All rights reserved
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This article is part of a series of opinion pieces about Libya’s response to the pandemic within the ongoing conflict, through a human rights lens. The series is published in partnership with Lawyers for Justice in Libya , under the title "Libya: between conflict and pandemic, what hope for human rights?

Libya today is facing its greatest challenge to date. In spite of years of internal conflict, the country must gear up to fight a virus with a depleted healthcare system and a fractured state. While the situation is overall bleak, it remains exceptionally desperate for refugees and migrants stuck in Libya.