Informes

Inside southern Libya’s lawless people-smuggling hub Tom Westcott As warmer weather brings calmer seas, more and more migrants are setting off again from the Libyan coast in smugglers’ boats bound for Italy. Eight vessels containing 1,361 people were…

29 March 2015 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Martin Kobler, condemns the reported executions and civilian casualties of people from al-Tewibya and al-Zawiya…

Statement of SRSG Martin Kobler to the Eighth Ministerial Meeting of Libya’s Neighbouring Countries 22 March 2016 “A united neighbourhood in support of a united Libya” Your Excellency, Minister Jhinaoui, Excellencies, Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am honoured to be here…

In March 2016, Save the Children International and Handicap International conducted a Protection Assessment in Libya (PAL), with a focus on the situation of internally displaced persons (IDPs). The overall purpose was to assess immediate and…

Libya - On Monday, 21 March 2016, IOM Libya launched a three-day training in Tunis with the participation of 26 trainees among which 13 members are from the Libyan Coast Guards, Ministry of Defence and 13…

A wide spectrum of influential figures from Benghazi, including key political, social and community leaders, have today endorsed a historic Humanitarian Appeal for Benghazi. Through this Appeal, they commit themselves to establishing the necessary conditions for the…

SC/12282 644th Meeting (AM) Security Council Meetings Coverage The Security Council today decided to extend until 15 June 2016 the mandate of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), under the leadership of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General,…

Libya - IOM yesterday (10/03) helped 172 stranded Nigerian migrants, including 6 women, to return home to Nigeria from Libya. One hundred forty-two had spent months in immigration detention centers. The repatriation – done in close cooperation…

Since July 2014, Libya has been in a state of civil unrest due to conflict between rival parties and armed groups. In 2016, continued political instability and ongoing armed conflict in Libya led to deteriorating living…

UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya Calls for Humanitarian Ceasefires and Safe Exit of Civilians Trapped in Fighting Areas in Benghazi 11 March 2016 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has received reports that many…