Informes

Civilians of Mosul between IS Control and Liberation By Dr Bilal Alobaidi Mosul is considered as one of the largest cities in the province of Nineveh in northern west of Iraq. About half the population in Nineveh which…

The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Libya organized 2 three-day trainings on international refugee law this month. The first training targeted 25 journalists and reporters from Libyan local media from…

Libya - IOM Libya is working with officials at the Gharyan Al Hamra detention centre, about 90 kilometres south of Tripoli, to respond to an emerging humanitarian crisis after a migrant died at the facility on…

SITUATION OVERVIEW Ongoing fighting and insecurity – particularly in Sirte and some parts of Benghazi – during the reporting period has continued to affect displaced and migrant populations in Libya. Many districts surrounding Sirte municipality have experienced a…

On 17 October 2016 the Peace and Security Council (PSC) held its second meeting this year on forcefully displaced persons and the implications for peace and security. The PSC was briefed by humanitarian agencies that called…

Libya - On 1 November, IOM assisted 167 stranded Nigerien migrants including 48 women, 40 children and 79 men, to return home to Niger from southern Libya. The IOM charter flight was coordinated in close cooperation with…

Highlights • The United Nations estimates that 79,400 people (including 32,000 children) are in need of immediate life-saving humanitarian assistance and protection services as a consequence of the military activities in Sirte. • According to reports, on 20…

by Sherine El Taraboulsi Migrants and refugees rescued off the coast of Libya are not escaping death; instead, many of them are suffering a slow death in Libya’s 18 detention centres. These centres, managed by the Interior…

Fighting Traps Families (Tunis, November 2, 2016) – Civilians have been trapped for months in a neighborhood of the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, by fighting between the Libyan National Army (LNA) and Islamist militias that form…

Tunis, 1 November 2016 – From 1 October to 31 October 2016, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) documented 102 civilian casualties, including 29 deaths and 73 injured, during the conduct of hostilities across…