Refugees of the 2011 Libyan Civil War

The United Nations has today called on countries around the world to accept 1300 Libyan refugees locked in Libya, mostly African, many of whom are being abused and held in terrible conditions, Reuters reported.

Over 3,000 refugees arrived in Italy from Tuesday till Friday, according to the country’s authorities. Italian officials say the majority of the refugees are from sub-Saharan Africa and crossed the Mediterranean Sea from Libya. The good weather conditions and the blocking of the Balkan route were the main reasons of a spite in numbers over the past 3 days via Libya-to Italy.