The bodies of migrants in Libya mass graves had wounds from firearms, UN | Refugee news
Iom calls for a “dignified recovery” and identifying dozens of bodies discovered in two mass graves in Libya.
Some bodies of migrants and refugees have been discovered by firearms recently detected in mass graves in Libya, the United Nations say.
The International Migration Organization (IOM) expressed “shock and concern” on Monday because of the discovery of the two mass graves In the North African country, saying that the authorities found them after a police raid in which hundreds were rescued from the trader to humans.
According to Iom, 19 bodies were discovered in Jakharrah, located about 250 miles (400 km) south of Bengasia. At least 30 more was found in a mass grave in the desert region of the southeast kufra, which could contain as many as 70 bodies.
While some bodies were discovered by the wounds of firearms, confirming the previous reports of Al-Abreen, a charity organization that helps refugees in the country, the exact circumstances of death were not known, UN said.
“Too many migrants along these trips suffer serious exploitation, violence and abuse, withdrawing the need to give priorities to human rights and protect those at risk,” said Nicoletta Giordano, the Iom Mission Chief for Libya.
Last year the authorities discovered bodies of at least 65 migrants In the shuayrif region, south of the capital of Tripoli.
People traders have benefited from more than a decade of instability, smuggling migrants and refugees on the borders of the country with six nations – Chad, Niger, Sudan, Egypt, Algeria and Tunisia.
Rights and UN Agency groups for years Documented systematic abuse migrants in Libya.
On Monday, Iom urged the Libyan authorities to provide “a dignified recovery, identification and transfer of the remains of deceased migrants as they informed and assisted their families.”
According to the agency, more than 22 percent of 965 recorded the death and disappearance of migrants and refugees in Libya last year on land routes.
“This emphasizes often overlooked risks migrants face the land routes, where deaths often go into the application,” Iom said.
Libya saw more than a decade of instability after immersing in chaos after the uprising of a supported NATO that knocked down and killed a libiyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
Political restlessness has encouraged the rival governments and the competitive armed groups, which were accused of breach of migrants.
“Migrants and asylum seekers, including children, arbitrarily detained in the facilities controlled by armed groups associated with governments or smuggers and traders, have suffered inhuman conditions, torture, forced work and sex attacks,” said Human Rights Watch in a recent Libya report.
