African church leaders defend migrants after Libya bans humanitarian aid agencies

African church leaders defend migrants after Libya bans humanitarian aid agencies

NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — African church leaders are speaking out against Libya’s move to shut down humanitarian organizations providing care to migrants and refugees being held in detention centers in the North African country.  The move is the latest signal of Libya’s determination not to become a resettlement zone for migrants fleeing violence in the Horn of Africa who have been stopped by European Union countries from crossing the Mediterranean…

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Authorities in Libya recently ordered ten international aid organizations – including Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Norwegian Refugee Council, Danish Refugee Council, among others – to suspend their operations and close offices in the North African country. The Tripoli-based Libyan Internal Security Agency (ISA), aligned with the UN-backed Government of National Unity (GNU) and has been accused of human rights violations in the past by Amnesty …