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Highlights On 11 July, UNHCR and IOM called for a change in the international approach to refugees and migrants in Libya. In a joint press release, both agencies stressed that the international community should consider the protection…
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Between 5,000 and 6,000 refugees and migrants are being held arbitrarily in Libya’s detention centres, nominally under the authority of the Tripoli-based Ministry of Interior. Their situation has become even more perilous in recent months with the…
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(Brussels, July 12, 2019) – European Union foreign ministers gathering in Brussels on July 15, 2019, should issue a clear call to Libyan authorities to close their migrant detention centers, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and…
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Déclaration conjointe du Haut Commissaire des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés Filippo Grandi et du Directeur général de l’OIM Antonio Vitorino Le 3 juillet dernier, plus de 50 réfugiés et migrants ont perdu la vie lors d’une…
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SUPPORT TO LIBYAN AND MIGRANT COMMUNITIES The Health team provided assistance to 878 migrants inside and outside detention centres as well as disembarkation points. During the reporting period 6,384 internally displaced persons were provided with primary and…
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By Marco Funk, Policy Officer at the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung EU Office, where he is responsible for the foundation’s Brussels-based activities related to EU migration and home affairs. He previously worked as a Policy Analyst for the European…
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By Heather Murdock July 10, 2019 03:26 PM TRIPOLI, LIBYA - "Aid organizations don't protect us from bombs and fear," said one teenager as he walked away from the detention center where he had been held for two…
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Geneva – On 3 July, more than 50 migrants and refugees lost their lives in an airstrike on the Tajoura Detention Centre in the east of Libya’s capital Tripoli. This week we appealed to the European…
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SUMMARY The 25th round of DTM data collection in Libya took place in March, April and May 2019. DTM identified at least 641,398 migrants who originated from more than 39 countries currently present in Libya. Migrants were…
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Introduction In 2019, Libya entered its sixth year of continuous conflict, a period marked by frequent clashes between rival armed groups exacerbated by intertwined political and economic crises. Widespread damage to infrastructure, security threats associated with armed group activity,…
