Dozens of Egyptian Christians working in Libya still find themselves trapped in the country amid threats coming from Islamic terror groups, a Christian persecution watchdog revealed.

The International Christian Concern (ICC), which aims to bridge Christians from free countries to Christians who are persecuted in different parts of the world, reported that they were able to speak to a group of Christians in Libya who shared the dangers and persecutions they are facing. "We are 16 Christians, living in a housing building in Misrata, Libya. We hope to return home to Egypt, but there isn't any safe way," said one of the persecuted.

The ICC noted that Christians in Egypt face discrimination and marginalization, leaving them jobless. "Christians are hated. They are often kicked out of schools and forced to compete with true Egyptians, Muslim Egyptians for even the most mediocre of jobs," the report said. This predicament has prompted them to flee Egypt and travel to Libya to find work while facing extreme dangers coming from extremist groups.

In 2015, 21 Coptic Christians who were kidnapped in Libya in December 2014 were beheaded by Islamic State militants. A five-minute video of the brutal killing was released to further strike terror. "The world was shocked to see them lined up in orange jumpsuits. The world mourned as their blood spilled into the ocean and stained the sand. But then the world forgot," the ICC report stated.

One of the residents also shared that there are more than 30 of them in their village who are currently trapped in Misrata. The ICC suggested that the "Egyptian Foreign Ministry has to intervene and find safe ways to return these men to their homes."

Open Doors, an international group also serving persecuted Christians, recently came out with their 2017 World Watch List and ranked Libya and Egypt in the 11^th and 21^st spots, respectively, among countries where Christians are facing "severe persecution."