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UN rights chief urges Libya, EU, to protect migrants crossing the central Mediterranean

Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 31 May 2021

Image: SOS Méditerranée/Flavio Gasper

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday urged Libya’s unity government and European Union (EU) countries to act to protect migrants making the dangerous crossing in the central Mediterranean Sea.