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Alessio Romenzi/UNICEF
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A migrant child looks out from behind the bars of a cell at a detention centre in Libya, Tuesday 31 January 2017. The detention centre was constructed in 2006 following an agreement between the Italian and Libyan governments in an attempt to stem the flow of migrants reaching Italy. When UNICEF visited the centre on 31 January 2017, the population consisted of 27 women (four of whom were pregnant), one 11-month old child, a four year old, as well as 1,352 men - of which 250 were under the age of 16.
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- Credits Alessio Romenzi/UNICEF
- Themes Migration
- Regions Middle East and North Africa Libya