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Libyan returnees stuck in desert say no going back

Libyan women displaced from the town of Tawergha are seen at a camp in the Garart al-Gatef, Libya March 25, 2018. [Photo by Reuters]

The wind whips up sand storms in Garart al-Gatef. Snakes and scorpions lurk amongst the desert scrub.

But hundreds of people who were stranded while trying to return to a town emptied in an act of collective punishment during Libya’s 2011 revolution have sworn to stay put here until they are allowed home.

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