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On 14 and 16 February, IOM organized two charter flights to help two groups totalling 334 migrants to return home to Nigeria and Senegal from Libya.
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 hope for a better future.
IOM's Kamal Sharif during the Community Stabilization Programme Meeting for Sabha
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 2016, and to plan for 2017.
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 Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Libya Martin Kobler met today
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.
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.
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.
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.