![A picture taken on December 11, 2017 shows African migrants sitting and lying in a shelter at the Tariq Al-Matar migrant detention centre on the outskirts of the Libyan capital Tripoli. / AFP PHOTO / Mahmud TURKIA](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/ORVC56LUE2CD3AEOUEREFJADKM.jpg?smart=true&auth=2335638caed9351dfd5fa227d5b056f2df8e201aae55e81f6123fd686284f914&width=400&height=225)
Crowded conditions at the Tariq Al Matar migrant detention centre on the outskirts of the Libyan capital Tripoli. AFP/Mahmud TURKIA
Crowded conditions at the Tariq Al Matar migrant detention centre on the outskirts of the Libyan capital Tripoli. AFP/Mahmud TURKIA
Refugees detained in Libya are drinking toilet water to survive
EU policy for displaced people being returned to a war zone has left thousands at risk
Sally Hayden
27 September, 2018