French convent opens doors to refugees evacuated from Libya
French convent opens doors to refugees evacuated from Libya
A village of just 800 residents in eastern France and its Franciscan convent have become a unlikely but welcoming home for 56 refugees, most women and children, who were evacuated by UNHCR from detention in Libya, via Niger.
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