IOM launches Psychosocial Support Programme for Migrants
The International Organization for Migration (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...
View ArticleEuropean Council Conclusions on Libya
EU Foreign Affairs Council, 6 February 2017: 1. Efforts to stabilise Libya are now more important than ever, and the EU will do its utmost to contribute to that objective. The EU remains committed to...
View ArticleNew Community Stabilization Committees in Southern 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...
View ArticleIOM helps Stranded Migrants Return to Mali from Libya
On Thursday, 2 March, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) helped 163 stranded Malian migrants – 151 adults, seven children, five infants – return home on a charter flight from Tripoli,...
View ArticleIOM Libya Releases 2016 Displacement Trends Analysis
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) Libya has published DTM Libya’s Internal Displacement in Libya – 2016 in Review which presents a comprehensive overview of Libya’s human mobility...
View ArticleIOM, Japan support Internally Displaced Families in Libya
Japan, through its Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has committed USD 679,500 to support a 12–month project addressing the immediate needs of internally displaced families in Libya. The project, Direct...
View ArticleDTM Libya holds Coordination Meetings
IOM’s DTM Libya program wrapped up two coordination meetings in Tunis on the 27 and 28 March for its Mobility Tracking and Flow Monitoring data collection teams. These were the latest in a series of...
View Article€90m EU Programme for Migration Management in Libya
EU Trust Fund for Africa adopts €90 million programme on protection of migrants and improved migration management in Libya Following up on the Joint Communication on the Central Mediterranean Route and...
View Article294,436 Internally Displaced, 196,852 Return Home
IOM Libya DTM Report: 294,436 Internally Displaced, 196,852 Return Home IOM Libya’s latest Displacement Tracking Matrix Mobility Tracking report shows that there are 294,436 IDP individuals residing in...
View ArticleNew Career Opportunities in Libya
By John Lee. The following career opportunities in Libya have been recently advertised: Project Officer (Community Stabilization), International Organization for Migration (IOM) Interpreter/Translator,...
View ArticleIOM: 381,463 Migrants in Libya
IOM, the UN Migration Agency, has found that the trip to Libya is reportedly costing more for a larger proportion of migrants from Sudan and Nigeria. In 2016, 60 percent of Nigerian respondents and 41...
View ArticleGender Based Violence (GBV) Multi-sectoral Coordination
UNFPA, United Nation Fund for Population, IOM, the UN Migration Agency, and IFRC, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, have jointly organized a training on “Gender Based...
View ArticleUNHCR ramps up response to Libya’s Humanitarian Crisis
UN refugee agency ramps up response as Libya’s humanitarian crisis deepens Conflict, insecurity, political instability and a collapsing economy have contributed to the deteriorating humanitarian crisis...
View ArticleDTM Libya expands Flow Monitoring Activities
DTM Libya expands Flow Monitoring Activities, launches Detention Centre Profiles and Rapid Assessments The International Organization for Migration (IOM) Libya’s Displacement Tracking Matrix is...
View ArticleNumber of Displaced Libyans Declining
Continuing a trend that started in late 2016, the number of Libyans displaced throughout the country has been steadily declining, as people return to areas from where they were displaced, particularly...
View ArticleUNHCR, IOM pledge Increased Support for Libya
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), and the UN Migration Agency (IOM), have presented their plans for expanding operations in Libya and enhancing their support to migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and...
View ArticleFirst Online Consular Service for Stranded Migrants
The UN Migration Agency (IOM) has launched an online consular service to make the consular process easier to access and navigate for vulnerable migrants hoping to return home. The first online consular...
View ArticleEU, UN team to Rehabilitate Water Wells
The UN Migration Agency (IOM), with funding from the European Union, has completed the rehabilitation of 18 water wells in 12 out of 14 neighbourhoods of the Libyan city of Sabha. The project, part of...
View ArticleLibya Remains Top Priority for UN Migration Agency
The UN Migration Agency’s Director General William Lacy Swing returned to Tripoli earlier this week (1-3/08), where he reiterated that Libya remains the International Organization for Migration’s top...
View ArticleEmergency Assistance for Migrants after Sabratha Conflict
IOM Providing Emergency Assistance to Over 4,000 Migrants After End of Sabratha Conflict In the aftermath of weeks of conflict in the Libyan coastal city of Sabratah [Sabratha], at least 4,000...
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