Reports

Highlights On 19 November, UNHCR evacuated a group of 79 vulnerable asylum-seekers out of Libya to safety in Rwanda, to the Emergency Transit Mechanism (ETM), agreed and set up in mid-2019 by the Government of Rwanda, UNHCR…

HIGHLIGHTS Due to the protracted armed conflict, political and economic crises and the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, nearly 1.2 million people, including over 348,000 children, require humanitarian assistance in Libya. Children and families are experiencing a rapid…

A teacher and her student in Tripoli share their experiences and struggles due to conflict and COVID-19. By Ahmed Rih, Public Information Associate in Tripoli Soumaya, a high-school teacher in Tripoli, Libya, is despondent, as her students have…

COMMUNIQUE Adopted by the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) at its 961stmeeting held virtually on 3 November 2020, on the Situation in Libya, The Peace and Security Council, Noting the opening remarks made by…

TUNIS – 16 November 2020 - Acting Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (ASRSG) and Head of the United Nations Support Mission (UNSMIL) in Libya Stephanie Williams announced yesterday the conclusion of the first round of…

Saturday, November 14, 2020 — The last few days have produced one of the most lethal episodes in the central Mediterranean Sea so far this year, with more than 100 people dying at sea in three…

I am pleased to announce that today participants to the Libyan Political dialogue Forum agreed that the date of the national elections in Libya should be on 24 December 2021. December 24 is Libyan Independence Day. This…

Amsterdam/Paris, November 13, 2020—More than 100 people have drowned in three separate shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea in just 72 hours, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today. This brings…

Population movement As of 12 November, 9,506 refugees and migrants have been registered as rescued/intercepted at sea by the Libyan Coast Guard (LCG) and disembarked in Libya. On 11/12 November, two shipwrecks were reported off the coast…

A devastating shipwreck has claimed the lives of at least 74 migrants on 11 November off the coast of Khums, Libya, the latest of at least 8 other shipwrecks in the Central Mediterranean since 1 October. The…