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Starved, tortured, bombed: the fate of refugees trapped in Libya

NGOs have sounded the alarm regarding overcrowded and unsanitary conditions at camps in Libya -- such as this one at Zawiyah, west of Tripoli. [AFP]

Acute malnutrition, forced labour, torture: NGOs have sharpened their tone against the shocking conditions endured by refugees and migrants in Libya, where over 40 people were killed in an air strike on a detention centre.

Tuesday night's strike on the centre at Tajoura near the capital Tripoli, in which 70 people were wounded, underscored the vulnerability of the mainly African migrants trapped in conditions the UN has called "ghastly".

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