The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) said that the killing of 12 illegal immigrants at the hands of human smugglers in Bani Walid in late May makes it a major challenge to protect migrants.

The UNHCR said in a statement that they received 140 immigrants from Bani Walid after they escaped from their smugglers. The migrants were then taken to a shelter in Ghassir Bin Gasheer town, noting that there was a large presence of unaccompanied children among the migrants.

The UNHCR called on the international community to open more resettlement centers in other countries and to identify measures to protect the most vulnerable migrants in Libya.

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