Protesters shut down UNHCR office in Libya’s Tripoli over migrate concerns

Tripoli, June 4 — Hundreds of Libyan protesters on Thursday afternoon shut down the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Tripoli, driven by concerns over what they described as the “settlement” of irregular migrants inside the country, according to local media reports and eyewitnesses. The demonstrators gathered outside the agency’s headquarters in central Tripoli, chanting for the deportation of irregular migrants and rejecting any arrangements that could lead to their permanent stay in the country. Video footage circulating on social media showed protesters blocking the compound’s entrances, with security forces deployed nearby.