UN / LIBYA VIOLENCE REAX

UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya Yacoub El-Hillo was “shocked by the horrific reports about Wednesday’s shooting at a smuggling warehouse in Mezda, killing 30 migrants and injuring 11 others,” a UN spokesperson said on Monday. UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:00:49
• Production Date: 1 June 2020
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS SUPPORT MISSION IN LIBYA - UNSMIL
• Subject Topical: MIGRANTS; VIOLENCE
• Geographic Subject: LIBYA
• MAMS Id: 2546963
• Parent Id: 2546963
• Alternate Title: unifeed200601c

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STORY: UN / LIBYA VIOLENCE REAX
TRT: 0:49
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS

DATELINE: 1 JUNE 2020, NEW YORK CITY

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1 JUNE 2020, NEW YORK CITY

2. SOUNDBITE (Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General:
“Yacoub El-Hillo, the Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya, said over the weekend that he was shocked by the horrific reports about Wednesday’s shooting at a smuggling warehouse in Mezda, killing 30 migrants and injuring 11 others. 
He said that authorities with influence on the ground in the area where this incident took place have the responsibility to ensure that human smugglers and traffickers are not allowed to continue their inhuman and degrading acts.  Such heinous and merciless crimes against helpless individuals should be investigated immediately and those responsible have to be brought to justice.”

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UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya Yacoub El-Hillo was “shocked by the horrific reports about Wednesday’s shooting at a smuggling warehouse in Mezda, killing 30 migrants and injuring 11 others,” a UN spokesperson said on Monday (1 June).

Town of Mezda is located some 180 km southeast from capital Tripoli.

Briefing reporters via videolink, Stephane Dujarric, the spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General said El-Hillo called on “authorities with influence on the ground in the area where this incident took place have the responsibility to ensure that human smugglers and traffickers are not allowed to continue their inhuman and degrading acts.”

“Such heinous and merciless crimes against helpless individuals should be investigated immediately and those responsible have to be brought to justice,” he added.