Six years ago, Libyan women and men courageously embarked on the path of transformation and change. Their revolution toppled a dictatorship that ruled over the country for more than 40 years. Their sacrifices brought much…
Libya - IOM Libya's community stabilization programme, Together We Build, has convened Community Management Committees (CMC) in Sabha and Al Qatrun, southern Libya, to discuss the programme’s achievements and challenges in…
The Director-General of the International Organization for Migration William Lacy Swing, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, the Special…
Libya - On 2 February, IOM delivered non-food aid to 300 displaced families in Awal, a remote village in Libya’s western mountain range, close to the Algerian and Tunisian borders. The distribution followed an assessment of…
Libya - On Friday and Saturday (3 - 4 February), four rescue-at-sea operations were conducted, resulting in the rescue of 592 migrants off western Libya. On Friday, 300 migrants (265 men, 30 women and five children—including…
IOM has begun to roll out a psychosocial support programme for migrants at detention centres, with the launch of a one-day recreational event at Tripoli’s Abu Salim detention centre. “We do nothing but eat, drink and sleep…
From 1 January to 31 January 2017, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) documented 28 civilian casualties, including 16 deaths and 12 injured, during the conduct of hostilities across Libya. Victims included 5…
Tunis, Tunisia - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is conducting a two-week course on human rights and refugee law for the Libyan Coastguard and Navy. The training is being held on an Italian ship crossing the Mediterranean Sea.…
Tripoli, Libya - The Ministry of Planning of the Government of National Accord handed over two ambulances, two generators and 60 computers to the municipality in Kikla, part of a relief package to improve basic services there…
Tunis, Tunisia - The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Libya is hosting a Protection Training on 24 – 27 January 2017. The main objective for these four-day activities is to enhance…
UNSMIL’s corrections team visited Tobruk prison on 26 January 2017. Colonel Mohammed Saleh, the Director of the Green Mountain branch of the Judicial Police, accompanied the mission, along with Major Joma’ah Juad, the…
Hamamat, Tunis - UNSMIL and UNDP facilitated the follow-up Conference on Women’s Peace Agenda under the slogan of (Together we Make Peace). More than 60 women from all regions of Libya gathered in Hamamat, Tunis for the…