Informes

On 20 October, 15 migrants lost their lives in a shipwreck off the Libyan coast of Sabratha, 5 survivors were brought to shore by fishermen. Desperate migrants continue to risk their lives in the Central Mediterranean…

Link to multimedia assets Tripoli, 20 October 2020 – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the United Nations Children’s fund (UNICEF) launched a joint plan to expand assistance, improve delivery of essential services and protection to the…

Tripoli, 15 October - UNSMIL welcomes yesterday’s arrest of Abd Al-Rahman Milad, commonly known as ‘al-Bija’ by GNA law enforcement agencies. Mr Milad has been on the UN Security Council’s Sanctions Committee list since June 2018…

Five search and rescue boats detained, including MSF's Sea-Watch 4, in five months. Here are five things to know about the current situation with search and rescue in the Mediterranean sea. 1. European governments are preventing rescue…

Highlights On 15 October, UNHCR evacuated a group of 153 vulnerable refugees and asylum-seekers out of Libya to the Emergency Transit Mechanism (ETM) in Niger. This marks the end of a sevenmonth long suspension of evacuation flights…

Highlights: Close to ten per cent decrease in the number of people displaced in Libya. COVID-19 cases double, with more than 20,000 confirmed cases and 320 deaths reported in September alone. Fuel shortages and electricity outages continue to disrupt…

A WORD FROM THE CHIEF OF MISSION Federico SODA September was characterized by an alarming increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in Libya, totaling over 34,000 cases since the beginning of the pandemic. In light of the…

Tripoli, 13 October 2020, The UN Support Mission in Libya welcomes the 11 October appointment of five women judges who will work in two new specialised courts in Benghazi and Tripoli dedicated to hearing cases of…

The DTM Monthly Regional Update contains consolidated summary updates and highlights from DTM field operations. This document covers updates from the regional network of flow monitoring of migrants, as well as the tracking and monitoring of…

Summary of major revisions made to emergency plan of action: The DREF operation is extended by three additional months until 31 December 2020, therefore reaching the maximum Six months operations timeframe. This timeframe extension will allow the…