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Population movement
As of September 2, 7,535 refugees and migrants had been registered as rescued / intercepted at sea by the Libyan Coast Guard and landed in Libya. Most of those who have landed in Libya so far are nationals of Sudan (28%), Bangladesh (13%) and Mali (8%). So far this year, a total of 2,214 persons of concern to UNHCR have landed in Libya. On August 29, a total of 82 people landed at the naval base in Tripoli. UNHCR and its partner, the International Rescue Committee (IRC), were present at the disembarkation point to provide urgent medical assistance and basic relief items (CRI) before the Libyan authorities transferred people to detention centers. .
UNHCR response
CRIs continue to be distributed in urban settings and detention centers. Last week, partners CESVI, LibAid, and Première Urgence Internationale distributed hygiene kits, mattresses, blankets, bars of soap, wet wipes, sunlamps and hand sanitizers to 344 people in the urban community and 261 people detained in Al-Kufra. , Al-Marj and Ganfooda Detention Centers in eastern Libya. So far this year, a total of 17,049 refugees and asylum seekers received CRIs.
Last week, UNHCR registered a total of 211 refugees and asylum seekers at its Sarraj Registry Office. Nationalities included Sudanese (140), Syrian (31), Eritrean (19), Somali (9), Palestinian (9), Malian (8), and Ethiopian (5). CRIs were provided as hygiene kits to newly registered persons of concern. The files of a total of 61 people were also updated with information such as family status and contact information.
As a result of movement restrictions, including curfews due to COVID-19, hotlines have become a vital way to ensure continuity of assistance. Since April, UNHCR hotlines have received more than 5,500 calls. Meanwhile, in its first week of operation, more than 500 callers used a new call center service managed by partner Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and funded by the FCDO (formerly DFID). The center, which opened in late August, enables quick and direct communication between staff and refugees / asylum seekers in Libya. Most of the calls were related to resettlement inquiries.
Medical assistance is a vital service for refugees and asylum seekers in Libya. UNHCR’s medical partner IRC provides medical care in Tripoli and Misrata (190 km east of Tripoli), as well as referring urgent medical cases to secondary hospitals. During the week covered by the report, a total of 102 medical consultations and 31 referrals were made in Tripoli, while 179 medical consultations and four referrals were made in Misrata. A 24/7 medical emergency hotline, operational since July and funded by the EU Trust Fund, continues to support people of concern in Tripoli. This year a total of 3,833 primary health care consultations have been carried out, of which 2,362 in the urban community, 1,175 in detention centers and 296 in disembarkation points.
