Reports

Since the last update of IOM Libya’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) in February, the security situation around Abu Qurayn, especially near al-Washkah area, reportedly remained tense as shelling and artillery fire continued to be reported in…

HIGHLIGHTS (17 Mar 2020) Clashes continue in and around Tripoli, with the escalation in violence reaching pre-truce levels. As of 9 January 2020, more than 149,000 people have been displaced. The security situation in Sirt, Abu Qurayn and…

TRIPOLI, 17 March 2020 – UNSMIL welcomes and joins the call by international partners on all parties to the Libyan conflict to declare an immediate humanitarian cessation of hostilities as well as a halt to the…

Geneva– A wooden boat carrying 49 migrants was returned to Libya yesterday after becoming stranded in Maltese waters when its engine stopped working. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is alarmed by this apparent breach of international…

ASSISTANCE TO MIGRANTS AND LIBYAN COMMUNITIES (01-29 February) The Protection team carried out 91 vulnerability assessments (59 males, 31 females and 1 family) and 22 child protection assessments. During this period, the Protection Unit carried out 34…

Highlights On 12 March, UNHCR evacuated a total of 128 vulnerable refugees and asylum-seekers from Tripoli to the Emergency Transit Mechanism (ETM) in Niger. The group who comprised 103 men, 12 women and 13 children included refugees…

The first IOM charter flight from Tripoli to Niamey touched down in Niger on September 6, 2016, carrying 171 migrants anxious to escape the turmoil of conflict-ridden Libya and eager to reunite with their families. Fifty-six…

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) expanded its response to meet Libya’s growing humanitarian needs in 2019. The resumption of large-scale hostilities in April 2019 combined with years of deteriorating security situation overall has…

TRIPOLI, 10 March 2020 - The efforts of six municipalities in advancing child rights agenda and prioritising the needs of children and adolescents has been recognized today within the joint programme of UNICEF and EU in…

TRIPOLI, 08 March 2020 - Today, the world celebrates International Women’s Day, which is marked globally under the theme of “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”. Twenty-five years since the adoption of the Beijing…