Libya: Berbers Flee Conflict In Western Libya, Reach Tunisia

Libya: Berbers Flee Conflict In Western Libya, Reach Tunisia   This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 12 April 2011, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.   Over the past week more than 500 Libyans have fled conflict in Libya's Western Mountains region and sought shelter in the Dehiba area of southern Tunisia, some 200 kilometres south of the border crossing at Ras Adjir. They have told us that...

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