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Refugee Agency: Africa Transit and Refugee Centres

refugee agency: The money, to be paid by 2018, comes in response to a call from the UN refugee agency, UNHCR. According to a transcript provided by the Foreign Ministry, Gabriel said the money will be in addition to Germany paying the lion's share of a 100-million-euro regional program run by the International Organization for Migration, according to Metro News. It's to be used to improve living conditions at refugee centres . Many refugees fleeing the Mideast and Africa transit through Libya before attempting the perilous journey across the Mediterranean to Europe. On an unannounced visit to Tripoli on Thursday, Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said many migrants in Libya are in a desperate situation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.