(MENAFN) Around 163 people residing in Tripoli, the capital of Libya, headed to Niger to escape the violence and aggression experienced after the eastern-based army moved to the capital.
The United Nation Higher Commissioner of Refugees (UNHCR) announced that it "evacuated 163 refugees from Libya to Niger through a flight. The plane landed early on Friday."
In a statement, UNHCR confirmed that over the last ten days, it "has been able "to transfer some 539 refugees from several detention centers near the conflict zones, including 179 from the Abu Selim detention center, south of Tripoli, amid heavy clashes in the area."
More than 200 people lost their lives while over a thousand others were inflicted with wounds in the middle of the violence Tripoli is undergoing.
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