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Sudanese asylum seekers sleep rough by Libya’s UNHCR office

Refugees from war-torn Sudan hold a sit-in seeking support in front of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) offices in Tripol [File: Mahmud Turkia/AFP]

Tripoli, Libya – Outside the headquarters of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, about 150 Sudanese men, women and children have been camped out since July.

They spend the nights out in the open, sleeping on the dry dirt as cars swish by, after a long, arduous journey from their war-torn homeland. They fled the violence hoping to find safety and a more secure future, but Libya itself is struggling, torn as it is between rival administrations and the unfettered power of rebel groups.

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