On 5 July, UNHCR, IOM, and the Mixed Migration Centre (MMC) published a new joint report titled ‘Death in the Desert’. Using data visualization and drawing on interviews with more than 31,000 refugees and migrants, the report maps perilous migration routes to Africa’s Mediterranean coast, including crossing points and ‘dangerous areas’ in Libya. ‘The route in Libya passes by Qatrun and Sabha or Kufra/Al Jawf and then Tarzibou. From there, refugees and migrants reach Tripoli and other departing points along the Libyan coastline,’ the report says. Moreover, the report documents the most common dangers refugees and migrants face on these routes, including violence, kidnapping for ransom, extortion, rape, robbery, trafficking, organ removal, detention and expulsion.
Read the full report here.