UN Refugee Chief Urges Sustained Relief Effort as Libya Fighting Worsens

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–9 March 2011 – The United Nations refugee chief today called on the international community to forge ahead with humanitarian efforts as fighting in Libya escalates and people continue to flee the North African nation by the thousands.

According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the number of people who have fled the violence since the start of mass protests against leader Muammar Al-Qadhafi three weeks ago has passed 212,000,…