Events

Stranded Nigerian and Gambian Migrants Return Home from Libya

Libya - On 7 March, IOM helped 171 stranded Nigerian migrants – 76 men and 95 women – to return home from Libya by air. Two days later, on 9 March, IOM assisted another 141 stranded Gambians – all men – to return home to Banjul.

10 Mar 2017

Ministry of Local Government and Four Municipalities Meet for the Youth in Libya

05 March 2017, Tunis - UNICEF organized two workshops in parallel in Hammamet, Tunisia to discuss the role of municipalities in youth development and creating opportunities for active participation through the UNICEF-EU programme “Towards Resilience and Social Inclusion of Adolescents and Y

10 Mar 2017

SRSG statement on the occasion of International Women Day 8 March 2017

“Towards equal participation of women in building Libya’s future”

08 Mar 2017

Martin Kobler condemns military escalation: “Only political dialogue can solve the Libyan crisis”

7 March 2017 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Martin Kobler, condemns the military escalation in Libya’s Oil Crescent region which jeopardizes the political process and risks igniting wider conflict.

07 Mar 2017

IOM Helps Stranded Migrants Return to Mali from Libya

On Thursday, 2 March, IOM helped 163 stranded Malian migrants – 151 adults, seven children, five infants – return home on a charter flight from Tripoli, Libya.

03 Mar 2017

Migration Trends in Libya 2016: Flow Monitoring Report

Libya - IOM Libya’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), has released its 2016 Flow Monitoring overview report, providing a comprehensive analysis of over 8,000 surveys conducted with transiting migrants throughout Libya in 2016.

03 Mar 2017

WFP welcomes Japan contribution for emergency food assistance in Libya

TUNIS – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of US$700,000 from the Government of Japan that will provide vital food assistance to tens of thousands of Libyans affected by ongoing conflict since 2011.

02 Mar 2017