TRIPOLI, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Higher Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday deplored the killing of two Eritrean refugees in the capital Tripoli.
"UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply saddened by the deaths of two Eritrean asylum-seekers, who are reported to have been shot inside their accommodation in Tripoli on Thursday, Jan. 9," UNHCR said in a statement.
These deaths "are a terrible reminder of the worsening security situation in Libya" since April, which has left many civilians killed or injured, it said.
It reiterated call for providing more additional resettlement places to allow safe evacuation of refugees from Libya.
Libya has become a preferred point of departure for thousands of illegal immigrants, mostly Africans, wanting to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe, due to the insecurity and chaos that have plagued Libya since the 2011 uprising that toppled the late leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime.
The eastern-based army has been leading a military campaign since last April in an attempt to take over Tripoli from the rival UN-backed government.
