Reports

Tripoli - 18 February. Due to the eight-year long political turmoil, conflict and insecurity that pushed thousands of families out of their hometowns, thousands of Internally Displaced People (IDP) live in Benghazi, Tarhouna, Baniwalid and Ajdabia.…

Background: Since July 2017, the Libyan National Army (LNA) and the Derna Protection Forces (DPF) have engaged in intense fighting, leading to the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Derna Mintika. The LNA gradually took control of…

In 2018 refugee and migrant sea arrivals from Libya to Europe have been at an unprecedented low since the onset of refugee and migrant sea arrivals from 2011 onwards: only 15,342 refugees and migrants arrived from…

Persons of Concern to UNHCR in Libya As of 18 February 2019, a total of 56,588 asylum seekers and refugees are registered with UNHCR in Libya. A total of 4,194 individuals have been identified by UNHCR and…

Refugees. Migrants. Ordinary Libyans. They all have a common wish – to live ordinary lives like regular people. In the words of Salem, an internally displaced person (IDP) who hopes to one day be able to…

Key figures: 170,490 Libyans currently internally displaced (IDPs) 445,845 returned IDPs (returns registered in 2016 - 2018) 56,455 registered refugees and asylumseekers in the State of Libya 215 overall persons arrived in Italy 1,494 monitoring visits to detention centres in 2018…

TOTAL POPULATION OF LIBYA: 6.6M Libyans / 0.67M Migrants/Refugees PEOPLE AFFECTED: 1.6M (22% of population) PEOPLE IN NEED: 0.82M (11% of population) HUMANITARIAN NEEDS & KEY FIGURES An estimated 823,000 people, including around 248,000 children, are in-need of humanitarian assistance…

Persons of Concern to UNHCR in Libya As of 11 February 2019, a total of 56,507 asylum seekers and refugees are registered with UNHCR in Libya. A total of 4,327 individuals have been identified by UNHCR and…

CONTEXT As of October 2018, the United Nations (UN) estimates that 798,000 individuals are in need of humanitarian assistance in Libya. Of them, 412,000 are refugees and migrants,1 including individuals who are in Libya primarily to work…

Highlights Since 2 February, fighting in the old city of Derna intensified, and reportedly resulted in substantial numbers of civilian casualties. Additionally, the UN has received multiple reports from different sources that several women and children remain…