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A Nigerian migrant (identity hidden) was placed in a Libyan detention centre as an illegal migrant for two years and six months where he suffered torture, solitary confinement, was given no medical treatment or access to a lawyer, and received basic food and water. .Since the uprising inside Libya, inmates from detention centres have been released, or been able to escape. Many have fled Libya, arriving in refugee camps in neighbouring countries..Libya's detention centres, which holds illegal African migrants, have been supported by the EU as part of an effort to stem immigration to Europe. .Photo/UNHCR/Anna Branthwaite/March 2011
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Libya Crisis - Refugee Camp
A Nigerian migrant (identity hidden) was placed in a Libyan detention centre as an illegal migrant for two years and six months where he suffered torture, solitary confinement, was given no medical treatment or access to a lawyer, and received basic food and water. .Since the uprising inside Libya, inmates from detention centres have been released, or been able to escape. Many have fled Libya, arriving in refugee camps in neighbouring countries..Libya's detention centres, which holds illegal African migrants, have been supported by the EU as part of an effort to stem immigration to Europe. .Photo/UNHCR/Anna Branthwaite/March 2011