Thousands have camped out at UN offices.

At the beginning of October, west Libyan authorities carried out a brutal crackdown on the thousands of immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers living in Gargaresh, on the outskirts of Tripoli. More than 5,000 people were arrested, their homes destroyed, families captured and separated; people were hurt, violated and even killed. Four thousand people were imprisoned in the overcrowded Al-Mabani detention centre.
Immigrants and refugees, however, are not just accepting their treatment – they’re collectively organising against it. Barely reported in the western press, their resistance is exposing the imperial logic underlying Europe’s border brutality. Immigrant self-organisation, if supported by sympathetic workers in Europe, could be the wedge needed to fracture the EU’s border imperialism.
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