Reports

Population movement As of 9 April, 2,744 refugees and migrants have been registered as rescued/intercepted at sea by the Libyan Coast Guard and disembarked in Libya. So far this year, 558 persons of concern to UNHCR, mainly…

Geneva- Approximately 280 migrants who were intercepted today and returned to Libya, remain on the overcrowded coast guard vessel, as Libyan authorities refuse to let them disembark. Relevant officials have indicated that due to the intensity…

SITUATION UPDATE Following reports of increased shelling and artillery fire in Western Libya over the past weeks, various areas of Abusliem municipality were directly affected by multiple airstrikes on 06-07 April 2020. According to field observers, at least 745…

Tripoli - More than 200,000 people have been displaced in the year since the conflict reignited in Libya according to new data compiled by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Tripoli accounts for approximately 150,000 of…

Tomorrow (8 April), the Security Council is scheduled to hold a closed VTC on Libya. The focus of the meeting will be the new EU military operation in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED IRINI), which was launched…

SITUATION OVERVIEW In March, the conflict continued to escalate in Tripoli and other locations in western Libya. Airstrikes and artillery shelling have continued to severely impact the safety and lives of the population. Particularly heavy clashes were reported…

Fighting must stop immediately in Libya if it is to have any chance of staving off the COVID-19 outbreak, the top United Nations official in the North African country said on Tuesday as he condemned an…

On 6 April, heavy shelling hit Tripoli’s Al Khadra General Hospital, injuring at least one health worker and damaging the fully-functioning medical facility. The 400-bed Al Khadra hospital was one of the potential COVID-19 assigned health…

Tripoli, 6 April 2020 – At a moment when people in Libya needed nothing more than a safe home and functioning medical facilities, we received the news of yet another attack on a hospital. I am…

This report is produced by OCHA Libya in collaboration with WHO Libya and humanitarian partners. The next report will be issued on or around 13 April 2020. HIGHLIGHTS • As of 5 April 2020, there are 18 confirmed…