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The militia continues to arrest the IDPs members and asking the IDPs community to leave the settlement by Friday noon time. The Tawargha community leaders and the militia met today evening to discuss the eviction, where the latter insisted that all IDPs have to leave the settlement. According to different resources, at least 300 families already left the settlement to different areas including Tarhona, Bani Walid, Flah 1 and Flah 2 in AbuSelim, Souk AL Ahad, and other areas in Tripoli. Ongoing negotiation at diffident level with government, the militia and AbuSleim municipality to stop or postpone the eviction
Overall, humanitarian access is limited due to insecurity and incidents of looting. Assistance is being provided through national partners.
In 2018, the Libyan Coast Guard  ( LCG )  rescued/intercepted 12,688 refugees and migrants at sea during 90 operations. Since June, over 5,500 refugees and migrants were brought back to Libya  ( 3,453 individuals in June, 2,167 individuals in July and 55 individuals so far in August ) . The main nationalities of those disembarked in Libya during the past three months are Nigerian  ( 1,635 ) , Sudanese  ( 1,628 )  and Eritrean  ( 1,409 ) .
The Libyan Presidential Council's Head and Prime Minister of the Government of National Accord  ( GNA )  Fayez Al Sirraj passed on Thursday an order that appoints him himself as the Defence Minister for the GNA.
The majority of the international organisations relocated their staff members to safer areas; meanwhile, national staff have been requested to stay at home due to the insecurity. Due to the ongoing conflict and not respecting the ceasefire agreements, the humanitarian community was not able to access to the affected populations, including trapped and displaced families. One humanitarian volunteer worker have been killed while he was trying to provide assistance to trapped civilians in the conflict areas.
On 5 August, UNHCR conducted a mission to Misrata  ( 190 km east of Tripoli ) . UNHCR visited internally displaced persons  ( IDPs )  living in Misrata and held focus group discussions to assess their needs and concerns. Access to healthcare, education and basic services, including potable water and garbage collection, remains very limited.
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi took funding from Rome in return for holding back African migrants heading north. Since he was overthrown in 2011, numbers have soared and anarchy in Libya has left Europeans struggling for ways to reduce the flow.
A state of emergency has been declared in Tripoli by Libya's UN backed Presidential Council as fighting among rival factions intensifies around the capital.
Libya's U.N. backed government has not accepted proposals by Rome aimed at cutting migrant flows to Italy and the two sides are "far apart" on the issue, Malta's foreign minister said on Friday.
According to the Health Ministry in Tripoli, fighting has caused 39 deaths and 96 injuries in the past few days.
In 2018, UNHCR provided solutions to 2,520 refugees and asylum seekers. Since 1 September 2017, 701 individuals were submitted for resettlement to 8 States  ( Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland ) . A total of 70 individuals departed on resettlement directly from Libya to Canada, France, Sweden and the Netherlands. A total of 10 individuals have been accepted for resettlement and are pending departure directly from Libya to Sweden. In addition, a total of 1,858 persons  ( including unaccompanied children )  were evacuated to Niger  ( 1,536 ) , Italy  ( 312 )  and the Romania  ( 10 ) . Currently, the total remaining capacity to accommodate evacuees in the Emergency Transit Mechanism in Niamey is 322 persons.
With a median cost of 673.01 LYD, the cost of the Minimum Expenditure Basket  ( MEB )  continued to rise in July  ( +6.3% ) , notably in the south, where the basket value rose by 16.7% since early June. While the median cost of MEB rose by 6.8% in the west of Libya, the increase was much greater in Tripoli  ( +20.3% ) , due in part to a shortage of subsidised cooking fuel  ( LPG ) . In the capital, cooking fuel was 5 times more expensive than in June  ( +400.0% rise ) .
8 August 2018, the World Health Organization  ( WHO )  delivered anti tuberculosis medicines to Tripoli. In total 12 types of the provided medicines will enable treatment of adult and child cases of TB, including multi drug resistant TB. The WHO supplies, dispatched in response to critical humanitarian needs, were handed to the National Center of Disease Control  ( NCDC ) , and will be further distributed to public health facilities providing treatment to TB patients across the country.
From 1 July to 31 July 2018, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya  ( UNSMIL )  documented 8 civilian casualties –three deaths and five injuries – during the conduct of hostilities across Libya. The casualty toll is the lowest on record since the beginning of the year. Victims included one man, one woman and one boy killed, and four men and one boy injured.
Escalating conflict in Derna severely impacted the 125,000 residents of the city including an estimated 55,000 children. UNICEF responded by distributing 1,000 children kits  ( containing hygiene and recreational supplies )  benefiting 1,000 displaced children in AlBayda and Sheehat. An additional 1,000 hygiene kits and 5 recreational kits will be distributed through the Libyan Red Crescent benefiting 5,450 children and families.
So far in 2018, the Libyan Coast Guard  ( LCG )  rescued/intercepted 12,047 refugees and migrants at sea during 85 operations. Since June, the number of operations increased when compared to the previous months, with over 5,000 refugees and migrants brought back to Libya  ( 1,756 individuals in May, 3,453 individuals in June and 1,581 individuals so far in July ) . During the reporting period, 491 refugees and migrants  ( including 355 men, 71 women and 65 children )  disembarked in the Al Khums port  ( 156 individuals ) , the Azzawya Port  ( 17 individuals )  and the Tripoli Naval Base  ( 318 individuals ) .
Health issues were overwhelmingly concentrated in southern Libya, where nearly one half of all HHs required health assistance in Wadi Ashshati, Murzuq, Sebha, and Alkufra.
Clashes in Libya's capital of Tripoli have caused a 48 hour closure of Mitiga International airport, the city's only operational airport.
Rival militias have been fighting for days in suburbs south of Tripoli. The clashes erupted on Monday and have left at least 39 dead, including civilians, and wounded 119 others, Libya's Health Ministry said on Thursday.
Heavy rainfall lashed Libya's second largest city of Benghazi in the last 48 hours, forcing residents in Benina area to leave their homes, and leaving others without power.
Emergency services battled to evacuate the stranded families in the area of Allathamah amid the lack of capacity and the continuing rainfall.
Food insecurity remains a challenge due to protracted displacement, disruption to markets, and lower food commodity production. Livelihoods and access to basic social services have been affected by the conflict, exposing the most vulnerable people to a high risk of inadequate food consumption and forcing people into negative coping strategies such as spending savings, cutting the number of daily meals and reducing non food related expenses, particularly in health and education.
Several eastern Libyan oil ports including Es Sider and Ras Lanuf have closed due to bad weather, a port engineer said on Wednesday.
Due to limited port access and road blockages, food imports into Libya have dwindled, causing food prices to skyrocket. The prices of many staple food items, such as rice and wheat flour, have increased by as much as 200 percent when compared to pre conflict levels
WFP provides food assistance throughout Libya primarily through two local cooperating partners  ( CPs ) , the Sheikh Taher Azzawi Charity Organization  ( STACO )  and Ayady Al Khair Society  ( AKS ) . Efforts are underway to significantly expand the reliable partnership base in order to ensure that WFP can respond immediately to needs throughout the country.
Eastern Libyan oil export ports have reopened after bad weather forced their shutdown, Libyan state oil company NOC said on Friday.
Since the beginning of the year, DDG has taught thousands of children, youth and adults in the Libyan city of Benghazi, which has been ravaged by years of conflict, about the threats of Explosive Remnants of War  ( ERW ) . The promotion of safe behavior around ERW is essential for people that have been displaced due to the conflict as well as people living in the midst of areas contaminated by explosives that have been left behind from the ongoing conflict.
Three quarters  ( 75% )  of households employed livelihood coping strategies in order to meet their basic needs during the 30 days prior to data collection. These coping strategies are classified according to severity and include stress: purchasing on credit, reducing expenses of NFIs, selling non productive assets and spending savings; crisis: taking an additional job, borrowing money, reducing health expenses and selling productive assets; and emergency: engaging in degrading or illegal work or accepting food or money from strangers. Nearly 60% of households resorted to crisis or emergency coping strategies in the 30 days prior to data collection.
Overall, 14% of all households across Libya had an unmet shelter need, with returnee HHs the most likely to have an unmet shelter need. 42% of returnee households were found to have an unmet need due to evictions, damage to housing, and precarious occupancy/shelter conditions. The mantikas in which shelter needs were highest were Derna and Sirt, where 56% of HHs respectively had unmet shelter needs.
Shortages of bottled water were reportedly developing due to a sharp increase in demand coupled with the extended closure of all roads into Derna, which made it difficult to resupply markets
Due to conflict and political instability, WFP, along with the entire Libya United Nations Country Team  ( UNCT ) , had been operating remotely from Tunisia since 2014. In early July 2017, WFP began ramping up its presence inside Libya through the implementation of missions of rotating international staff to Tripoli. In February 2018, the evacuation status was lifted from Tripoli and WFP Libya initiated active re entry into the country. WFP has opened an office in Tripoli, hired national staff, and intensified the rotation of missions by international staff from Tunis. Dependent on mobility and the stabilization of the security situation in country, WFP aims for a gradually increased footprint throughout 2018, culminating in permanent relocation to Tripoli in 2019
"People who have just suffered a traumatic life or death situation at sea should not be transferred to a system of arbitrary detention that is harmful and exploitative," said Karline Kleijer, MSF's emergency program manager. "Many have already endured alarming levels of violence and exploitation in Libya and during harrowing journeys from their home countries. There are victims of sexual violence, trafficking, torture, and ill treatment. Among the vulnerable are children sometimes without a parent or guardian pregnant or breastfeeding women, the elderly, people with mental disabilities, and people with serious medical conditions."
The presence of explosive hazrds was reported in 9 baladiyas  ( 14% )  as shown in Figure 33: Al Ajaylat, Aljmail, Alkufra, Alqubba, Azzahra, Benghazi, Daraj, Ejdabia, Gemienis, Kikkla, Sirte, Ubari, Yefren and Zliten
At least a dozen people are dead after a rubber boat which spent more than 10 days at sea capsized off Misrata, Libya, on Monday.
As a result of increased interceptions at sea, MSF teams on the ground in Misrata, Khoms, and Tripoli report a sharp increase in the number of refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers being held in already overcrowded Libyan detention centers. In a single day, MSF recently provided medical assistance to 319 people intercepted at sea and brought to a detention center in Tripoli. Most of these people had been held captive by traffickers for several months before trying to cross the Mediterranean. Around Misrata and Khoms, MSF is treating detainees suffering from second degree burns, scabies, respiratory infections, and dehydration. On one occasion, a group of people intercepted at sea were brought to the detention center without clothing, having lost everything at sea.
Ten survivors were rescued and returned to Libya where they were treated by IOM medical staff. Three other passengers remain missing.
For about two years, MSF has been providing medical care to refugees and migrants held in detention centers nominally under the authority of Libya's Ministry of Interior and its agency for combating illegal immigration  ( DCIM )  in Tripoli, Khoms, and Misrata. Detainees are not guaranteed access to medical care, which is provided by a handful of humanitarian organizations including MSF or by UN agencies that manage to have a limited presence in the country despite widespread violence and insecurity.
The Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council and allies are believed to have been responsible for leaving mines and ERWs in areas of Benghazi they controlled prior to their retreat.
UNHCR through its partner International Medical Corps provides medical services and core relief items. In addition, UNHCR rehabilitated WASH facilities at six disembarkation points, in Azzawya, Tripoli  ( 3 ) , Tajoura  ( Al Hamidiyah )  and Alkhums
Overall, 13% of all households across Libya were found to have an unmet education need, with IDP households the most likely to have an unmet education need  ( 17% ) . Education needs were highest in Wadi Ashshati, where almost half  ( 46% )  of all households had challenges accessing educational services. One third of households in Alkufra and Azzawya had an unmet education need.
So far in 2018, the Libyan Coast Guard  ( LCG )  rescued/intercepted more than 11,800 refugees and migrants at sea during some 80 operations. Since 1 June, the number of operations increased when compared to the previous months, with over 4,840 refugees and migrants disembarked in Libya  ( 3,453 individuals disembarked in June and 1,392 individuals disembarked so far in July ) . On 16 July, 158 refugees and migrants  ( including 34 women and nine children )  were disembarked in Al Khoms. Through its partner the International Medical Corps  ( IMC ) , UNHCR provided medical assistance and non food items at the disembarkation point.
UNHCR continues to identify vulnerable refugees in Libya and seeks durable solutions for them. Since 1 September 2017, 565 individuals have been submitted for resettlement to 7 resettlement States  ( Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland ) . A total of 44 individuals have departed on resettlement directly from Libya to Canada, France, Sweden and the Netherlands. A total of 541 individuals have been submitted for resettlement and are pending interview or decision by a resettlement State in Libya.
More than 15.000 migrants have returned home from Libya through a voluntary programme since the beginning of 2018, the International Organisation for Migration said on Friday.
The 342 households interviewed comprise 1,904 individuals of which 54% are women and 46% men. Forty nine percent of individuals are between 18 and 49 years of age, 25% are between 5 17 years old, 10% are under 5 years while the remaining 16% are 50 years or more. The average household size is of 5.5 individuals.
Some of the prisoners, mostly asylum seekers from Eritrea, had paid the extortion money more than once and still not been let go.
The centrepiece of Italy's and the EU's strategy to reduce migration towards Europe from or through Libya has been enhancing the operational capacity of the LCG. To this end, since late 2016 and increasingly in 2017, Italy and other EU member states and institutions have been providing the LCG with training, patrol boats and other equipment, and financial and other support
The criminalization of irregular entry, stay and exit, coupled with the absence of any legislation or practical infrastructure for the protection of asylum seekers and victims of trafficking, has resulted in mass, arbitrary and indefinite detention becoming the primary migration management system in the country. This system, which lends itself perfectly to corrupt practices, has paved the way for horrendous violations to be perpetrated in places of detention, in which refugees and migrants are at the mercy of authorities, militias, and armed groups, often working seamlessly with smugglers for financial gain. The lack of any judicial oversight of the detention process and the near total impunity with which officials operate, has facilitated the institutionalization of torture and other ill treatment in detention centres.
The number of those who are in need of international protection is hard to estimate, but UNHCR has stated that 44, 306 people in Libya were registered as refugees or asylum seekers as of November 2017. The actual number is probably much higher, but due to the agency's limited operations in Libya there is no way to know for sure.
The primary aim of Mare Nostrum was to ensure the proactive patrolling of the central Mediterranean and the prompt rescue of refugees and migrants in danger at sea. Between 18 October 2013 and 31 October 2014, Mare Nostrum ensured the rescue of 166,000 people.
After the onset of clashes between armed groups in Tripoli on 26 August, at least 5,065 families  ( approximately 25,325 individuals )  were displaced to Bani Waleed, Tarhouna and other areas in Tripoli. Displaced households originated mostly from conflict affected neighborhoods in Southern Tripoli, including Ain Zara, Salah Eddin, Qasr Ben Gashir, Trig Al Matar and Khallat Al Furjan.
Since 26 August, renewed fighting in Tripoli amongst various warring factions has led to a new wave of displacement. Though things have seemingly calmed down in Tripoli, clashes continue to erupt throughout the country, as the situation remains unstable.
Three Libyan self styled army soldiers were killed and another injured on Tuesday in two suicide blasts suspected to be carried out by ISIS, in crowded areas in Ghadwa, near the southern city of Sabha.
Despite being fully aware of the serious violations to which refugees and migrants are subjected in Libya, European governments have decided to implement migration control policies that, by reinforcing the capacity and commitment of Libyan authorities to stop sea crossings, are trapping thousands of women, men, and children in a country where they are systematically exposed to abuse and where they have little chance to seek and obtain protection. In the absence of any adequate mechanisms to monitor respect for and protection of the human rights of refugees and migrants in Libya, or any meaningful steps to improve the protection of their rights, these policies have directly contributed to worsening the situation of those now trapped in the country.
Upon release from detention, the refugee or migrant is left with no money, no personal items including any identification papers or passport, leaving them at risk of facing detention or captivity again.
Similar abuses are also routinely committed against men, women and children who are held captive by militias and armed groups outside state control or oversight. Refugees and migrants in Libya, some of whom have been returned to Libya, are also exposed to the risk of kidnapping by these groups and gangs,
It is estimated that up to 20,000 refugees and migrants are currently being held in detention centres run by the DCIM, a division under the Ministry of Interior established in 2012 to tackle the migration flows into Libya. Thousands more are being held in places of captivity run by militias and criminal gangs. In both cases, people are unlawfully detained in inhuman conditions and subjected to torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment, including sexual violence.
Given the proximity to the Tunisian border, the people of the city have been involved in cross border smuggling, mainly in fuel and food, for a long time. In the years following 2011, they shifted to people smuggling using existing fishing boats.
There was also some material damage to the building.
Refugees and migrants in Libya are exposed to horrendous human rights violations in a country where institutions have been weakened by years of conflict and political division.
IOM calculated that there were 416,556 migrants in Libya by the end of September 2017, but the real number is likely to be higher. According to IOM, over 60% of migrants in Libya are from sub Saharan Africa, 32% from other North African countries, and around 7% from Asian and Middle Eastern countries.
The current protracted conflict in Libya has resulted in damage to health infrastructure, disruption of public health services and access to basic health care. Limited investment in the health system has severely affected childhood vaccination, among other essential programmes. Compounded by the desperate situation of migrants using Libya as a transit point, many of whom have not received immunizations in their country of origin or missed the required dose in Libya, routine immunization services in Libya have not been sufficient.
Since 26 August, renewed fighting in Tripoli amongst various warring factions has led to a new wave of displacement. While the exact impact of the crisis is still being assessed through an interagency effort led by REACH, the latest report by IOM established that as of 21 September, the conflict in Tripoli has led to the internal displacement of at least 5,065 families, or approximately 25,325 individuals.
Since 21 September, at least 11 people have been killed and 18 people wounded following renewed armed clashes in Tripoli. A total of 115 people have been killed since 26 August, many of whom civilians. Efforts are underway by the United Nations to consolidate the ceasefire of 4 September.
Over the past month, heavy fighting in Tripoli resulted in the displacement of some 5,000 families  ( IDPs ) , including 1,700 in the past week alone. According to the Libyan Ministry of Health, 115 people were killed and 560 injured since the fighting began in August.
In a separate incident, another group of criminals forced their way into the field's support facility, breaking the gates at a catering warehouse prior to stealing vital goods.
Lack of funding has also put a massive strain on the detention centres, which translates into even worse living conditions for the detainees.
As of 29 November 2017, IOM had assisted 13,000 individuals to return home to at least 24 different countries.
During 2017, the LCG has also repeatedly harassed, intimidated and threatened NGO boats providing rescue services to refugees and migrants in distress in the central Mediterranean.
27/40 respondents reported having medical needs.
Hundreds of thousands of foreign nationals are currently trapped in Libya, including an estimated 20,000 being arbitrarily detained in DCIM detention centres.
Every year since 2014, more than 100,000 people have crossed the central Mediterranean, and at least 13,000 have drowned while attempting the passage over those four years.
After 20 days of the ceasefire agreement between the armed groups in Tripoli, deadly fighting erupted between several armed groups in the Tripoli's southern districts on 20 September  ( Including Khallat Al Furjan, Ain Zara, Abu Slim, Salah Eddin and Ben Aoun ) . Armed groups used medium and heavy weaponry, which resulted in the displacement of thousands of civilians. Many civilians were trapped without a corridor for safe passage to flee the areas affected by the conflict
Over the course of the last 4 days, more than 1,500 families were displaced to several locations in Tripoli and across Libya. Additionally, according to the Ministry of Health  ( MoH )  11 persons  ( including 6 civilians )  were killed and more than 18 were injured due to the clashes and indiscriminate shelling
We are shocked and saddened by reports that an entire family killed including two children today in Tripoli when a missile hit their home. This brings the total number of children killed to eight, since violence escalated in Tripoli on 27 August. Many more children are facing multiple grave child rights violations. More children are reportedly being recruited to fight, putting them in immediate danger. At least one child was killed as a result.
The eleventh round introduced two amendments. The first changes the articles pertaining to the executive authority and provides for a Presidency Council consisting of a president and two vice presidents. The three member council will represent the three abovementioned regions. The second article stated that this amendment would go into effect as of the date it was adopted. However, the amendments did not grant any legitimacy to the bodies that existed prior to the amendment thereby implicitly eliminating them.
Hundreds of detained refugees and migrants, including children, were forced to move because of violence. Others are stranded in centres in dire conditions', Cappelaere said.
Since November 2017, when UNHCR started its evacuation programme, 2,793 refugees and asylum seekers have been evacuated from Libya, including 2,202 to the ETM in Niger, 415 to Italy and 176 to Romania.
UNHCR continued to register persons in need of international protection in Libya. 57,667 refugees and asylum seekers are now registered with UNHCR. This year, UNHCR registered 12,834 individuals  ( an average of 35 individuals registered per day ) . The majority of those registered are Syrian  ( 41 per cent ) , followed by Sudanese  ( 18 per cent )  and Eritrean  ( 13 per cent )  nationals. This includes over 2,790 individuals registered in detention centres.
For children on the move, transiting through Libya, this violence has added to their suffering. Hundreds of detained refugees and migrants, including children, were forced to move due to the clashes; others remain stranded in centers in dire conditions.
Thousands of Egyptians, most driven by a lack of jobs, have sought work in Libya since 2011, risking their lives in a country where Islamist militants and militias largely rule.
As they begin to rebuild their lives, returnees struggle to access basic services. IOM's recent humanitarian support reached more than 100 families in Tawergha and 88 in nearby al Emarat.
Prolonged instability in the latter half of 2018 has led to a lack of access to essential public services, and damaged infrastructure, exacerbating the suffering of the people in the area and driving many to seek refuge in camps scattered in areas across the country in search of better living conditions.
IOM, through its Displacement Tracking Matrix, estimates that around 40,000 Tawerghans remain displaced across Libya whose needs require immediate humanitarian attention.
After over seven years of insecurity, and subsequent displacement, communities have begun to return to their homes in the surrounding areas. In recent months, and after the return of calm to the area, at least 100 families have permanently returned.
Three suicide bombers attacked Libya's foreign ministry in Tripoli yesterday, killing at least two other people, authorities said.
Heavy smoke rose from the building, which was surrounded by security forces, as people were rushed to hospital. The health ministry said that apart from the attackers, three people had been killed and at least 21 injured.
IS has been active in Libya in the turmoil since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. The group took control of the coastal city of Sirte in 2015 but lost it late in 2016 to local forces backed by US air strikes.
Security officials in Libya say assailants targeted the country's foreign ministry in Tripoli on Tuesday, killing at least three people.
PARIS/NEW YORK, DECEMBER 10, 2018 More than 90 people rescued in the central Mediterranean Sea last month by the merchant ship Nivin are still being held inLibyaafter they were forcibly removed from the ship by Libyan security forces in Misrata. This assault underscores the increasingly harsh treatment of migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers attempting to reach Europe.
Since the 2014 armed conflict, which split Libya across political and ideological lines and led to the emergence of competing governments, scores of human rights defenders, lawyers, journalists and dissidents have left Libya to neighbouring countries or have sought asylum elsewhere after they suffered death threats, physical assault, torture, arbitrary arrest or abduction.
Libya has dealt with political instability since longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi was toppled and killed in 2011.
Many of those rescued refused to disembark voluntarily, as they feared for their safety in Libya, where they had been held previously. During a 10 day standoff with Libyan security forces in mid November, teams from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières  ( MSF )  carried out more than 90 medical consultations onboard the Nivin, treating chemical burns caused by a mixture of spilled fuel and seawater, skin infections, and generalized pain.
Many of the individuals removed from the ship are now in official Libyan detention centers, in police custody, or in other similar facilities, while others are still in medical centers. MSF teams have very little information about their current situation and are not authorized to see them or provide medical care, including to follow up with those MSF treated on the Nivin. Some rescued individuals are reportedly facing prosecution for alleged acts of piracy.
Libyan women activists, bloggers and journalists are increasingly being silenced as they face gender based violence in the form of physical assault, abductions and sexual violence, as well as smear campaigns, gender related slurs and attempts at intimidation, Amnesty International said today. Despite repeatedly reiterating their commitment to respect human rights, Libyan authorities are failing to protect women from gender based violence at the hands of militias and armed groups and to ensure that they are able to express themselves freely.
Over the last three years, the Libyan dinar has experienced a constant devaluation abasing foreign currencies with the dollar being exchanged at time for LYD10.
Last week alone, 467 refugees and migrants were disembarked at the Tripoli Naval Base  ( 398 individuals )  and Azzawya  ( 69 individuals ) . Most individuals disembarked in Libya were suffering from malnutrition, trauma and skin diseases such as scabies due to long periods of captivity at the hands of smugglers. UNHCR observed a rise in the number of Sudanese and South Sudanese trying to cross the sea. UNHCR and its partner International Medical Corps were present during the disembarkation. They provided core relief items and vital medical assistance both at disembarkation points and in the detention centres to which individuals were transferred by the authorities. Due to the increase in the number of disembarkations in the past months, detention centres in and around Tripoli are also increasingly overcrowded. UNHCR estimates that some 8,000 individuals are currently in detention, out of which 4,000 are of concern to UNHCR.
As of 10 July, the Libyan Coast Guard rescued/intercepted 11,276 refugees and migrants at sea. Since June, the number of rescue/interception operations increased when compared to the previous months  ( 3,453 in June, 1,756 in May and 1,463 in April ) . UNHCR recorded a high number of deaths or disappearances at sea in the month of June  ( 255 persons ) . The majority of individuals  ( 70 per cent )  were disembarked at the Tripoli Naval Base. Most boats departed from areas between Al Khums and Garabulli, or from Azzawya and Zwara.
Since the start of the evacuation operation from Libya in late 2017, a total of 1,858 persons  ( including unaccompanied children )  were evacuated to Niger  ( 1,536 ) , Italy  ( 312 )  and the ETC Romania  ( 10 ) . There are 262 evacuated unaccompanied children remaining in Niger. Currently the total remaining capacity to accommodate evacuees in UNHCR's Emergency Transit Centre in Niamey is 125 persons. In addition, since 1 September 2017, 565 individuals were submitted for direct resettlement from Libya to 7 resettlement States  ( Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland ) . A total of 44 individuals already departed on resettlement directly from Libya to Canada, France, Sweden and the Netherlands. A total of 541 individuals have been submitted for resettlement and are pending interview or decision by a resettlement State.
Libya's Anti Illegal Immigration Agency  ( AIIA )  on Wednesday said the Sudanese embassy in Tripoli has issued temporary travel documents to repatriate dozens of illegal migrants.
In November, Benghazi and Derna recorded the lowest median MEB cost of the country, with a decrease by 10.6% and 19.5% respectively, compared to October. In the South, despite a strong decrease  (  5.5% )  mostly driven by sharp decreases in the cities of Murzuq, Brak, and Ubari, the cost of the MEB remained the highest in Libya, reaching 1086.05 LYD in November
Libya and Turkey agreed on Saturday to open an urgent joint investigation into a consignment of arms which arrived from Turkey and was seized at a port near Tripoli this week, the UN backed Libyan government said.
The migrants will be taken to the Spanish port of Algeciras after the charity's vessel was refused entry by several European countries, including Malta and Italy. A newborn baby and his mother were taken by helicopter to Malta.
Spanish charity Proactiva Open Arms has rescued 311 migrants in the Mediterranean sea off the coast of Libya, it said on Saturday.
Meanwhile, in May Libyan dinar on the parallel market devaluated 7 percent when compared to April 2018 reaching 6.8 for US dollar  ( USD/LYD ) .
At UNHCR's Community Day Centres  ( CDCs ) , UNHCR and its partners IMC and CESVI continue to provide non food items  ( NFIs ) , primary health care, psychological support and cash assistance to refugees and asylum seekers in Tripoli. So far in 2018, UNHCR and its partners provided more than 5,100 primary health care consultations and 790 medical referrals at the CDCs. UNHCR also distributed 5,326 NFIs and provided cash assistance to more than 2,000 refugees and asylum seekers.
On 25 June, UNHCR evacuated 128 vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers from Tripoli to UNHCR's Emergency Transit Mechanism in Niger. The group included 41 men, 57 women and 30 children from Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia. This is the second evacuation taking place in June. Since November 2017, UNHCR has evacuated 1,858 individuals from Libya  ( 1,536 to Niger, 312 to Italy and 10 to Romania ) . These evacuations allow for the transfer of vulnerable individuals from detention centres in Libya to a safe and dignified environment while their cases are processed for solutions such as resettlement or family reunification. As of 25 June 2018, 11 States have committed a total of 3,781 resettlement places for the Libya Niger situation. The 11 States are: Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Out of these pledges, 1,100 will be used for resettlement processing directly out of Libya, while 2,681 places will be allocated to evacuees from Libya and refugees registered in Niger
Over the weekend more than 200 migrants lost their lives in double tragedies. A boat packed with migrants capsized off Al Khums, east of Tripoli on Sunday  ( 01/07 ) . An estimated 41 people survived after the rescue, but roughly 100 people were reported missing by the Libyan Coast Guard after this shipwreck. On Saturday some 104 lives were lost in another mass drowning, including those of three babies who were being brought to Europe.
The numbers of migrants who arrived in Europe via Libya this year is down significantly down  ( some 16,700 compared to over 85,000 during the first half of last year ) . At the same time over 1,000 migrants have drowned tragically while attempting to make the crossing to Europe this year. Since mid June an estimated 489 migrants drowned in a series of tragedies just offshore.
Libyan authorities repatriated last Thursday 12 Egyptian minors, whose fathers were killed in the fighting between Al Bunyan Al Marsous Operation forces and ISIS militants in Sirte.
UNSMIL documented civilian casualties in Derna  ( 10 killed and eight injured ) , Ajdabiya  ( three killed and seven injured ) , and Beni Walid  ( three killed ) .
UNHCR and its partners were present at both disembarkation points and provided urgent medical and humanitarian assistance to the survivors, before they were transferred to detention facilities by the authorities.
Today  ( 1/07 ) , a small rubber boat packed with migrants capsized off AlKhums, east of Tripoli, with an estimated 41 people surviving after rescue. On Friday  ( 28/06 ) , three babies were among the 103, who died in a shipwreck similar to Sunday's incident, also caused by smugglers taking migrants to sea in completely unsafe vessels.
IOM staff were deployed to provide support and first aid to the the 41 migrants who survived the capsize of their small rubber vessel that capsized off AlKhums. This is the second major shipwreck in as many few days. On Friday, a rubber dinghy capsized north of Tripoli and the 16 survivors  ( young men from Gambia, Sudan, Yemen, Niger and Guinea )  were rescued by the Libyan Cost Guard. However, an estimated 103 people lost their lives.
The 10 survivors, who include two women, spent 11 days at sea without any food or water before reaching a beach in Misrata on Monday, said another member of the Red Crescent.
As of 21 June, the Libyan Coast Guard  ( LCG )  rescued/intercepted a total of 8,144 refugees and migrants. Between 19 and 21 June, more than 220 individuals lost their lives at sea while attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea on their way to Europe. On 19 June, a wooden boat carrying an unknown number of refugees and migrants capsized off the Libyan coast. Out of the estimated 100 passengers, only five survived. The authorities took the survivors to a local hospital for medical treatment. The same day, a rubber dinghy with some 130 people on board sunk at a different location off the Libyan coast. Sixty survivors were rescued by local fisherman while seventy people are believed to have drowned in this incident.
On 19 June, the High Commissioner flew with 121 persons of concern who were evacuated from detention centres in Libya to UNHCR's Emergency Transit Mechanism  ( ETM )  in Niger. Since November 2017, UNHCR has evacuated 1,730 refugees out of Libya  ( 1,408 to Niger, 312 to Italy and 10 to Romania ) .
On 20 June, a total of 60 individuals were disembarked in Garabulli  ( 65 km West to Tripoli )  and at the Tajura disembarkation point by the LCG. Those disembarked reported that 50 persons drowned before the LCG cold rescue them. On 21 June, 346 refugees and migrants were disembarked in the Tripoli Naval Base and Tajoura. The LCG recovered three bodies from the sea. UNHCR and its partners were present at disembarkation points to provide urgent humanitarian and medical assistance to the traumatized survivors.
According to survivors, a wooden boat carrying an unknown number of refugees and migrants capsized off the coast of Libya on Tuesday  ( 19 June ) . Out of the estimated 100 passengers, only five survived. They were rescued by the Libyan Coast Guard and disembarked in Mayia in the outskirts of the capital Tripoli. The survivors have been taken to a local hospital by the authorities for medical treatment. A number of bodies have been retrieved by rescuers or washed up on the beaches
During the visit, the High Commissioner also met with members of the 370 internally displaced Libyan families from the city of Tawergha who found refuge in the Triq Al Matar settlement on the outskirts of Tripoli seven years ago. “We are also providing support to Libyan people who have been and continue to be displaced by tensions in the country,' Mr. Grandi said, appealing for more support for Libyan displaced people. “They should not be forgotten.'
Some 1,756 individuals were rescued/intercepted in May, 1,463 in April and 1,054 in March. During the week, 310 individuals were disembarked at Al Khums Port  ( 120 km east of Tripoli )  and the Tripoli Naval Base. The group included 238 men, 41 women and 31 children. Nationals from Mali comprised the majority of those who disembarked followed by nationals from Guinea and the Ivory Coast. At disembarkation points, UNHCR also identified persons from Sudan and Eritrea. UNHCR and its partner International Medical Corps provided vital medical and humanitarian assistance both at disembarkation points and in detention centres to which individuals were transferred by the authorities.
• In May 2018, an updated Minimum Expenditure Basket  ( MEB ) , endorsed by the CMWG and the Inter Sector Coordination Group  ( ISCG ) , was incorporated into the JMMI. Across all assessed locations, the median cost of the MEB in May 2018 was 616.34 LYD, with costs slightly lower in the west and significantly higher in the south. • Across Libya, the value of REACH's price indices increased only slightly between April and May. The median Food Price Index rose by 1.7%, and the median NFI Price Index rose by 4.6%. Food items accounted for 85% of the cost of the MEB's key elements.
As displayed in the maps on page 6 7, out of the total number of migrants identified, 645,659 individuals  ( 94% )  originate from 32 different African countries with 44,232 individuals  ( 6% )  from 9 Asian and Middle Eastern countries. The remaining 460 individuals were recorded with unknown/other country of origin. The top 5 nationalities identified were Nigerien, Egyptian, Chadian, Sudanese and Ghanaian, together these nationalities account for up to 65% of Libya's migrant population. Out of the 645,659 individuals from Africa, 447,086  ( 69% )  originate from Sub Saharan countries and 198,573 individuals  ( 31% )  from North African countries. Two thirds of both African and Asian migrants were identified in Libya's western mantikas, with the highest concentration in Tripoli and surrounding areas. Other identified African migrants were split between East and South  ( 20% and 16% respectively ) , while the remaining Asian migrants were identified largely in the East  ( 33% in the East, 1% in the South ) .
As of the 29th of April 2018, the total number of arrivals to Italy was recorded at 9,467 individuals since the beginning of the year. Compared to the same period from last year the number of arrivals to Italy has decreased  ( 12,943 arrivals recorded in the same period of the previous year ) . Furthermore, 370 individuals reportedly died attempting to cross through the Central Mediterranean route during the same period. 1,485 migrants were returned by coast guards in April 2018 and 11 bodies were retrieved.
• The humanitarian needs in the city are rapidly increasing, with severe shortages reported for medicine and medical supplies, but also food, water, fuel, and cooking gas. Eighty per cent of the city's electricity has returned after a power cut, however water remains cut off. • The humanitarian community remains concerned for the protection of civilians in the city and reminds all parties to the conflict of their responsibilities to protect civilians, allow safe and unhindered passage for those wishing to leave the city, and to immediately provide safe, sustained and unfettered access for humanitarian supplies.
Despite reassurances by the LNA that civilians would be protected, civilians are still being affected by the conflict and there are reports of human rights violations. According to a local source, reportedly four children died during the week of 4 10 June from mortar bomb shelling. Furthermore, the Libyan Red Crescent Derna branch reported that it had recovered nine bodies from the clashes zone. As the LNA takes full control of Derna, there are concerns that human rights abuses  ( for civilians and fighters who have surrendered, laid down their weapons, are sick or wounded, or otherwise hors de combat )  will likely increase, given the serious violations of human rights law and international humanitarian law that were documented during fighting for control of the eastern oil crescent and for parts of the city of Benghazi, in early 2017.
• Since 6 June, reportedly at least 2,272 households have been displaced from Derna to the baladiyas of Shahhat, Alqubba, Albayda, Umm Arrazam and Benghazi. Within Derna, at least 800 families have been displaced between neighbourhoods. Reportedly, as of 9 June, at least 160 families are being hosted in IDP shelters in schools inside the city.
The humanitarian needs in the city are rapidly increasing, with severe shortages reported for medicine and medical supplies, but also food, water, fuel, and cooking gas. Residents reported that because of limited movement due to the ongoing clashes and the closure of markets, they have been unable to purchase basic food items as prices also considerably increased. Cooking gas remains to be unavailable in Derna, forcing residents to use alternative cooking methods such as outdoor clay ovens. There is a large shortage of milk, eggs, vegetables, meat, drinking water, flour and rice. Eighty per cent of the city's electricity has returned after a power cut that lasted for two days, whilst water remains cut off to the 125,000 residents of the city.
On 8 June, the LNA granted safe passage to the Libya Red Crescent  ( LRC )  to allow humanitarian assistance to enter the city. The safe passage is also being used as a corridor for families to leave conflict affected areas and more than 320 families were reportedly able to leave Derna when the passage opened. The LRC provided food and NFIs to 1,800 families living in areas of conflict in Derna. The LRC has set up emergency telephone numbers as of 9 June to help civilians flee conflict areas after hostilities infiltrated densely populated neighbourhoods. Furthermore, from 9 June the LRC also started to deliver food and NFIs to over 6,000 affected persons  ( 1,000 households )  in Bab Tobruk. According to the LRC, a school in Bab Tobruk is reportedly being used as an IDP centre as well as an emergency room.
Inside Derna, the humanitarian situation remains alarming, following intensified clashes over the past weeks, triggering population movements of at least 800 families between neighborhoods inside Derna. Reportedly, as of 09 June, at least 160 families are hosted in IDP shelters in schools inside Derna.
Over the past three days, at least 1,643 households  ( approximately 8,215 individuals )  have been displaced from Derna to the baladiyas of Shahat, Al Qubba, Al Bayda, Umm Arrazam and Benghazi. The majority of displaced families are currently staying in private accommodation while some are being sheltered in schools in the communities of Shahat, Soussa, Umm Arrazam, Al Bayda and Al Qubba. Reported priority needs include food, cooking utensils, NFIs and basic medical supplies. Since the start of the escalation of the security situation in Derna in mid May, at least 2,183 families  ( approximately 10,915 individuals )  have been displaced to surrounding areas of Derna.
The rehabilitation of Al Gurda Clinic in Sebha is one of the initiatives undertaken in the city by the project, which is also working with the water and sanitation company to repair the main station. Among other actions, it will rehabilitate Jamal and Almadar streets and a public park. The project conducted community consultations in the six targeted localities. It has already delivered intensive care unit  ( ICU )  ambulances to Murzuq, Ajdabiya and AlKufra, started the process to turn the Hai Al Andalus police station into a model one, launched a campaign for entrepreneurs  ( TEC2020 )  through Tatweer Research, rehabilitated Garyounis Clinic and Ganfouda School in Benghazi, and the list goes on.
Following four years of economic recession, in 2017 the Gross Domestic Product  ( GDP )  in Libya was estimated at 55 percent growth compared to the previous year.1 The improved performance was driven by a revival in oil output and a pick up in global oil prices.