Reports

Highlights UNHCR, together with partner Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), completed a shelter rehabilitation project, which targetted 50 houses belonging to returnees in Al Sabri area, Benghazi, which hosts the biggest returnee community in Libya. The rehabilitation work…

HIGHLIGHTS UNICEF supported the procurement, arrival, and distribution of 0.5 million doses of oral polio vaccine. UNICEF, in coordination with the Bureau of Statistics and other partners began conducting a nutrition SMART survey that will generate reliable quality…

SUMMARY This settlement-based assessment (SBA) was set in Ajdabiya, a city with an estimated Libyan population of around 140,000 and of those around 12,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs)1 and additionally, about 36,000 refugees and migrants.2 Located in…

Highlights On 26 July, UNHCR evacuated a group of 85 vulnerable asylum seekers out of Libya to safety in Italy, via a UNHCR charter flight. The group are from a mix of nationalities, including some just released…

Introduction Since 2011, intense conflict and political fragmentation have significantly impacted Libya’s social fabric, basic services, and national infrastructure. The conflict-shattered economy and COVID-19 have worsened the coping capacities of the most vulnerable, including migrants. Despite the fragile…

Frontex Aerial Surveillance Facilitates Return to Abuse in Libya Judith Sunderland Associate Director, Europe and Central Asia Division Lorenzo Pezzani Co-director, Border Forensics “We didn’t know it was the Libyans until the boat got close enough and we could see the…

As I conclude my mission as the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General, I would like to thank the Libyan people and the hundreds of interlocutors with whom I have had the privilege to meet and engage…

Review of the CPSS Workplan, June – December 2022, Updates on the Recent Clashes in Tripoli, Feedback from the CP CCPM Survey 2021, Partners’ Updates, Updates on the Inter-Agency Case Management SOPs – CMTF, AoB

Highlights From 20 and 24 July, UNHCR teams from Tripoli and Benghazi organized a four-day mission in East Libya. With partners Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), LibAid, and ACTED, joint monitoring exercises were carried out through phone surveys…

Tripoli, 22 July 2022 – “UNICEF is deeply concerned by the killing of three children in the fighting in Tripoli last night. “During the late hours of last night, heavy clashes broke out across several areas in…