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The outbreak of violence, including airstrikes, in Murzuq city since August 4 had killed at least 90 civilians and displaced nearly 26,500 individuals more than 90 percent of the city's population as of September 21, according to relief actors. The violence has also damaged homes and infrastructure, led to the closure of markets, and adversely impacted public services in the area.
Humanitarian agencies continue to respond to emergency food, health, shelter, and WASH needs of populations affected by heavy rain and flooding in Ghat town from late May to early June that displaced nearly 5,100 people. As of August 4, more than 1,850 IDPs were sheltering in collective shelters in Ghat and Ubari districts; other IDPs were sheltering with host families near Ghat.
In September, Libyan Civil Aviation Authority shut down Mitiga Airport and redirected all flights to Misrata Airport for safety of both planes and passengers.
Khalifa Haftar's forces, which have been leading an offensive against Tripoli since last April, have carried out artillery shelling and airstrikes on Mitiga Airport many times in the scope of their military offensive, causing many casualties and damage to the airport's infrastructure.
An estimated 823,000 people, including 248,000 children, require urgent humanitarian assistance in Libya. Hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants face grave human rights violations and abuse in the absence of rule of law.
Furthermore, 18,195 individuals from Syria were identified, accounting for 38% of Asia & Middle Eastern migrants ) . Palestinians accounted for 11% of Libya's Asian and Middle Eastern migrant population. Migrants from the other Asian and Middle Eastern countries represented a minority; their percentage did not exceed 5%..
Although water levels gradually receded, damage to homes and infrastructure in Ghat remains substantial.
Azzintan: Approximately 20 individuals have been displaced to Azzintan from Swani Bin Adam due to the ongoing conflict in South Tripoli. The IDPs are staying with relatives and their needs were reported to be food and NFIs. An estimated 35 migrants arrived to Azzintan from neighbouring municipalities; some are looking for work while others are planning to continue their journey to other destinations.
A majority of respondents  ( 56 percent )  identified as Christian, while 43 percent identified as Muslim. Education levels varied, but 46 percent had completed secondary school and ten percent possessed a university degree.
Since the 2011 uprising and civil war that precipitated the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya has experienced persistent violence and insecurity. The internationally recognized Government of National Accord  ( GNA )  does not control most of the country outside the capital Tripoli, and it continues to be violently challenged by its Benghazi based rival, the Libyan National Army  ( LNA ) .
Since April, 122,000 children have experienced disruptions to their education in western Libya. Conflict affected areas are experiencing water shortages, stockouts of health supplies and vaccine preventable diseases, including measles. Of the 641,000 migrants and refugees in Libya, 9 per cent are minors vulnerable to grave violations of child rights.
Aljufra: Approximately 325 individuals have been displaced to Aljufra from Murzuq due to the unstable security situation. some of the IDPs are staying with relatives while others are renting, and their reported needs were food and NFIs.
Emsaed: An estimated 60 to 85 migrants per day were observed arriving to Emsaed from Egypt; primary migration reasons were reported to be commerce and other economic drivers.
Those IDPs who left the city of Derna reportedly travelled first to nearby villages, in particular Martuba, and from there often moved on to larger cities such as Tobruk, alBaydah, Benghazi or Tripoli.
At the time of data collection, formal schools in all assessed mahallas were indefinitely closed to all students due to the armed conflict.
The militia's blockade had cost the state oil company around $1.8 billion in lost production. NOC chairman Mustafa Sanallah said on Tuesday that force majeure was lifted and that authorities “received assurances that site security has been restored' to control by local oil security forces. The NOC moved to reopen the facility late Monday. Forces led by Khalifa Haftar, who is based in the country's east, captured the oil field from an armed militia in February.
Malek Merset, spokesman for the Tripoli based Health Ministry, says at least one person was killed and 17 others wounded Wednesday. A previous round of fighting, which erupted in August last year, killed at least 96 people, including civilians. The U.N. mission has warned against any breach of the cease fire, brokered in September.
Khalifa Haftar's forces have been launching a military operation against “terrorism and crime' in the south since mid January.
Libya's Interior Ministry on Monday said that 84 illegal migrants, including women and children, were rescued on Sunday off the coast of the city of Zuwara, some 120 km west of the capital Tripoli.
According to the HRP, a total of 823,000 persons, including 248,000 children, are in need of humanitarian assistance in Libya.
The Libya deal, signed on 2 February 2017, provides money and technical support from Italy and the EU to the Libyan coastguard, in return for the coastguard preventing people from leaving Libya for Europe.
Two years on from Italy's EU backed migration deal with Libya, more than 5,300 people have perished in the Mediterranean and thousands more still are suffering in Libyan detention camps, Oxfam said today.
In an open letter to EU governments, more than 50 organisations including Oxfam said EU governments have become complicit in the tragedy unfolding before their eyes in the Mediterranean. People are now in even more danger at sea and are being returned by the Libyan coastguard to face sexual abuse, slavery and other human rights abuses in Libya.
The open letter says that some EU member states have deliberately forced the organisations conducting search and rescue operations to stop their life saving work. It also accuses governments of making unfounded allegations against ships operating in the Mediterranean and preventing them from leaving their ports. This time last year there were five organisations conducting search and rescue operations – now there is only one.
The number of migrants held in the cities of Misrata and Khoms rose from 650 at the start of the year to 930, “leading to further deterioration of already dire detention conditions', Medecins Sans Frontieres  ( MSF )  said last week.
Many are suffering from malnutrition, hypothermia, or severe diarrhea, and some were systematically abused and tortured by traffickers before trying to cross by sea, MSF said
Human Rights Watch said last week that it had heard “disturbing accounts from both adults and children of violence by guards, including beatings, whippings and use of electric shocks' in detention centers in Misrata, Tajoura, and Zuwara.
Libya's House of Representatives loyal media outlets reported Friday that four fighters had been killed and at least three were wounded in an attack Khalifa Haftar's self styled army launched on the desert camp of a rival militia in the country's southwest.
On 28 January, UNHCR evacuated 130 people out of Libya, marking the first evacuations to Niger in 2019. The individuals evacuated had been detained in dire conditions for months on end
Libyan Wins, Al Afriqiyah Airways, Libyan Airlines and other operators have already suspended flights for today over the Tunisian strike.
Over 300,000 persons remain displaced  ( IDP )  in Libya, of whom 128,000 have been displaced since April alone. UNHCR continues to support IDPs with cash and humanitarian assistance.
Libyan security officials say a temporary cease fire has taken hold in the capital of Tripoli, after deadly fighting between rival militias that dominate the city flared up last week.
Today, Ali Omar Askar hospital in As Sabea was evacuated after it was encircled by the clashes and a shelling hit the facility. The hospital has been vital to receive and treat injuries since the clashes erupted on January 16. The Emergency and Ambulance department reported that one of the field ambulance was targeted by a shelling.
Tripoli  ( January 18, 2019 ) : At least 16 including 6 civilians were killed by the latest armed clashes in Tripoli. Some lost their lives as they were fleeing the indiscriminate shelling in Aziziyah and Qasr Ben Ghshir in Tripoli.
Refugees and migrants represent 38% of the targeted population  ( 233,000 out of 552,000 persons ) . Key humanitarian needs in Libya are related to protection, including access to critical services such as healthcare and education, safe drinking water and sanitation and access to basic household goods and commodities.
TRIPOLI, Jan. 17  ( Xinhua )     The death toll of the violent clashes in south of the Libyan capital Tripoli between government allied forces and an armed group rose to 13, the Ministry of Health said on Friday.
Over recent weeks, a number of refugees have been rescued in the Central Mediterranean; over 200 have drowned in 2019 People rescued have been brought back to Libya, in violation of international law, and locked in crowded detention centres Conditions in the centres are dire, with a lack of food and water, and no protection against the cold
"The clashes south of the capital Tripoli have killed 13 and 52 were wounded, including women and children, according to the statistics of the Health Ministry's Central Operating Chamber," the ministry said in a brief statement.
“Upon disembarkation, several people were in need of urgent medical care and we provided medical assistance', explains Julien Raickman, in charge of MSF activities in Misrata, Khoms and Bani Walid.
Two days ago, 106 people disembarked in Khoms from a commercial ship. It is feared that at least six people reportedly drowned while the group was at sea.
In August 2018, violent clashes broke out in southern Tripoli between government forces and the Seventh Brigade militia, killing 117 and injuring more than 500 others, mostly civilians.
Some 600 people have returned permanently to Tawargha. Many people come back for a few days a month just to check their belongings, and then leave again. However, we expect a lot of people to return in the coming months.
Disruptions to the supply of subsidised flour, which led to bakery strikes across Libya in summer 2018, appeared to be abating. Following several months of price fluctuations, the median price of bread, which cost 1.25 LYD for 5 pieces of bread, remained unchanged when compared to January 2018.
The GDF currently hosts 142 vulnerable refugees and asylumseekers.
Tobruk Port was closed in mid December after gunmen entered the port and took items from a container. While this may force some shipping to be redirected to other locations, putting a greater strain on them, there is unlikely to be an impact on humanitarian operations. Humanitarian assistance generally comes from regional procurement in Tunisia or Egypt, from local purchases, or is transported from further afield by sea or air into Tripoli, Misratah or Benghazi.
The majority of people in need are located in urban areas, mainly in the western and eastern regions of Libya, while tribal violence and armed groups continue to displace families and hinder humanitarian access in the south.
In conflict affected areas, families returning to their homes and communities face risks due to unexploded ordnance contamination. A transit and destination country for economic and other temporary migrants, Libya is currently hosting an estimated 669,000 migrants, including more than 60,000 children, over 21,000 of whom are unaccompanied.
During the week, UNHCR registered 450 asylum seekers in Abu Salim detention centre. Since the start of the registration campaign in October, UNHCR has registered 4,500 individuals in detention centres in Libya.
Over 300,000 persons remain displaced  ( IDP )  in Libya, of whom 128,000 have been displaced over the past six months
Female headed households are more likely to be food insecure.162 Around 17 percent of women headed households are food insecure compared to 11 percent for male headed household.
Libyahas been torn between rival administrations and a myriad of militias since the NATO backed overthrow and killing ofDictator Moamer Kadhafiin 2011.
Libya continues to experience clashes that displace children and disrupt access to education. As per the latest DTM data, the impact of conflict and displacements negatively affected education facilities in Libya. 212 schools were reported to be partially damaged, 14 schools were used as shelters for IDPs and 53 schools have been fully destroyed.
The Head of the Presidential Council in Libya, Fayez Al Sirraj, has told reporters that Libya is now home to about 800.000 illegal immigrants, explaining that only 20.000 of them are inside government run detention centers.
According to a recent REACH assessment in five affected baladiyas, damage to the electrical grid was particularly severe in Al Aziziya and Swani bin Adam, where people reported power cuts of at least 16 hours per day and some reported 24 hour blackouts. The risk of armed clashes and shelling also prevents residents from reaching essential goods and services in safer areas. Nearly 4,000 refugees and migrants remain in detention centres in conflict areas or in the proximity of hostilities
IOM and UNHCR have made efforts to evacuate the residents of DCs near the frontline, successfully relocating more than 150 individuals from the Ain Zara DC and another 150 from Abusliem DC. Efforts to do the same for the 893 residents of Qasr bin Ghasheer DC have been unsuccessful. These migrants remain in the midst of heavy fighting and are at particular risk
The Libyan eastern based self styled army's air force attacked on Sunday Chadian opposition militants in the southern town of Murzuk – some 900 km south of the capital Tripoli.
Reportedly, most bakeries in Murzuq were closed during the past week, however, following the stabilization of the security situation bakeries have now been re opening. The reported price per loaf of bread was 0.3 LYD. A similar pattern was observed for other key food commodities, such as rice, pasta, beans, couscous, canned tuna, milk, tomatoes and vegetable oil which were largely unavailable in the last week of February.
In another reported incident, corroborated by Health sector partners, a health worker was killed during airstrikes on the overnight of 29 30 April. This would bring the total of health workers killed since the beginning of the conflict to four, with one other doctor injured and 11 ambulances also directly or indirectly impacted. These incidents further hamper the ability of already overstretched health services to provide vital assistance to civilians, including those inured as a result of armed conflict.
The French Defense Ministry's statement did not say who was behind the incursion, but it was the first time French forces have hit targets in support of Chadian troops since a fledgling rebel movement based in southern Libya increased its activities last year.
The most commonly used means of payment across all baladiyas was cash. However, to cope with severe liquidity shortages, reported mainly in Al Aziziya and Swani Bin Adam, people also bought food on credit in marketplaces and, less frequently, used prepaid cards.
Libya's National Oil Corporation  ( NOC )  has lifted the force majeure status on the Sharara oilfield following the removal of what it called an armed militia which was responsible for its blockade and which led to a production loss of US$ 1.8 billion.
There is particular concern for the estimated 2,700 migrants being held in detention centres  ( DCs )  near the frontline, in particular Qasr bin Ghasheer, Abusliem, Al Sabaa, and Tajoura. Reports have emerged of these migrants being transported from the centres to armed group bases throughout the city to perform forced labour.
Access to core food and non food items was reportedly more difficult in Al Aziziya, Swani Bin Adam, and Ain Zara due to the unavailability of many items, particularly bread, flour, vegetables, fruits, and baby milk. Diapers, detergent, and vehicle fuel were among the core non food items that were most difficult to access.
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ( OCHA ) , today, some 823,000 people, including around 248,000 children, are still in need of humanitarian assistance. This includes internally displaced persons and returnees, conflict affected people, host communities and refugees and migrants who face grave human rights violations and abuse in the absence of rule of law.
Water and sanitation is a high priority in detention centres which are crowded and unsanitary, schools in marginalized areas and camps for internally displaced people and refugees.
The majority of people in need are in highly populated urban areas in the western and eastern regions of Libya. However, people with the most critical and severe needs are in the coastal area of Sirt and in the southern parts of the country  ( Murzuq, Sebha and Alkufra )  where access is difficult due to violence and instability.
UNHCR and IOM concluded the total evacuation of Qasr Bin Ghasheer detention centre  ( DC ) ; some 3,000 refugees and migrants remain trapped in DCs exposed to or at risk of armed clashes
Movement out of the frontline areas was heavily restricted, with nearly all main roads reportedly blocked by checkpoints and dirt barriers. Movement via both main roads and informal routes was difficult due to the widespread risk of shelling and gunfire. Residents were reportedly able to leave only during lulls in the fighting.
Days later, Haftar's forces claimed they had killed an Al Qaeda leader and two other "terrorists", including an Egyptian, before attacking the rebels. The region is also the scene of a struggle between Libya's minority Tubu community and Arab tribes, particularly over the control of cross border smuggling routes. Dozens were killed in clashes between the two sides until a 2017 peace accord signed in Rome froze hostilities. But some fear Haftar's offensive could re ignite the conflict.
The rugged territory, which shares borders with Algeria, Niger, Chad and Sudan, has become a haven for jihadists and armed groups of all stripes. They include Chadian rebels accused of fuelling insecurity and taking advantage of the country's porous borders to establish rear bases.
The offensive risks fuelling tensions in a country already wracked by violence and torn between rival administrations since the overthrow and killing of dictator Moamer Kadhafi in 2011.
A military push in southern Libya which strongman Khalifa Haftar says is aimed at rooting out "terrorists" and foreign fighters has sparked backlash from an ethnic minority and the UN backed government.
The number of deaths in the central Mediterranean route was recorded at 150 individuals in the first two months of 2019, which represent less than the half of the fatalities recorded in the same period in 2018  ( 336 individuals ) .
National guard officers and army troops were tracking a radical group in the Kef mountains near the Algerian border when shooting broke out, killing the four, national guard spokesman Housameddine Jbabli said.
Libya's U.N. backed government says that joint Libyan and U.S. forces havebombed alleged al Qaida militantsin a southern desert town.
Indigenous tribes, the Tebu and Tuareg, at loggerheads since 2014, are forging an alliance under the UN backed Government of National Accord  ( GNA )  to defend southern Libya against military advances by forces loyal to the country's eastern government.
“In Libya, including Tripoli, ISIL is increasing its activities, exploiting the collapse of the government and dividing the country, and is strengthening relations with al Qaeda, which is located near the oil crescent and oil ports, along the Mediterranean coast, east, and Derna city in The South “.
Armed protesters had closed down the 300,000 barrel per day deposit in December, demanding more money and investment in the remote region.
Since 2 February, fighting in the old city of Derna intensified, and reportedly resulted in substantial numbers of civilian casualties. Additionally, the UN has received multiple reports from different sources that several women and children remain trapped inside the old city of Derna, cut off from access to food, water and healthcare.
KIs reported an increase in safety and security incidents linked to intensifying clashes, with frequent shelling, gunfire, and airstrikes leading to shelter damage and casualties in the assessed areas nearest the frontline. As of 15 April, there had been at least 12 reported airstrikes throughout the city that led to civilian deaths
In 2019 alone, 343 Nigerian returnees have participated in the VHR programme. Among those who boarded yesterday's charter from Sabha, Libya to Lagos, Nigeria were 37 children and 70 women, some pregnant.
The death toll from Haftar's attack on Tripoli reached 1,048, more than 100 of them civilians, while the number of wounded reached 5,558, among them 290 civilians, according to the latest statistics of the World Health Organization.
There were 103 children under the age of 18 in Sabaa DC, aged from 12 to 17, representing 37% of the total population at the time of the February screening. Severe malnutrition of 3% and moderate malnutrition of 9% clearly demonstrate the extremely damaging impact of detention upon children. The situation in February amongst children was significantly worse than that of January, with cases of severe and moderate acute malnutrition almost doubling in number between screenings.
Although stock prepositioned in Tripoli  ( food, medical supplies and non food items )  is sufficient to cover current needs, emergency service providers are often unable to reach civilians in need.
Since the clashes erupted in Libya's capital, more than 3,400 Libyans have been displaced by the fighting with many others trapped in the crossfire, unable to flee for safety.
Armed fighting between armed groups loyal to Khalifa Haftar and Tabu tribe's armed groups hit on Wednesday Murzuq town in southern Libya.
Haftar's forces have been encircling Tabu inhabited Murzuq town for weeks, hindering the entry of fuel trucks amid recurrent airstrikes that caused a number of deaths and injuries.
On 28 April, UNICEF and WHO met with the Libyan National Centre for Disease Control  ( NCDC )  to discuss the shortage of vaccines, the immunization status of displaced children, reemerging malaria cases and the spread of scabies in DCs, collective shelters and some schools.
Health personnel and facilities continue to be impacted by the armed conflict, in violation of international humanitarian law. On 28 April, a Grad rocket impacted a cafeteria near to the Ali Omar Akar hospital in Espeaa, along the Tarhouna road, south of Tripoli, causing damages and leading to the temporary evacuation of this frontline hospital – including hospital staff and a WHO Emergency Medical Team deployed since 24 April to provide specialist support at Ali Omar Akar hospital.
With the LNA reaching Ghat, the LNA, directly or indirectly, through its numerous local alliances, now ostensibly controls most of Libya's southern borders with Sudan, Niger, Chad and Algeria.
A defected leader at the Justice and Equality Movement Abdullah Eshak said 7 were killed and tens were wounded from Darfur fighters in the clashes near Al Kufra.
Armed men have murdered a security official in southern Libya, the UN backed government said on Thursday, a day after forces opposed to it said they had entered his town.
Libyan media said Kari, a member of the minority Tubu community, was killed when armed men raided his home in Murzuk.
Around 11 tribesmen have been killed and 15 wounded, Libya's al Ahrar channel said. Reuters could not independently confirm the report.
Indiscriminate shelling and airstrikes in populated areas result in deaths and injuries to civilians and the destruction or disruption of health and educational facilities and services. While humanitarian actors continue to push for a humanitarian pause, civilians remain caught in the crossfire, unable to be evacuated or move freely to safer areas.
The volatile security situation continues to trigger new displacements, including families who opted to remain in their homes so far. Displacements to areas further away from Tripoli will increase the radius of areas in need of humanitarian assistance.
HRW added on its Friday report that it had cited credible reports of civilians being “trapped in Derna within the past two weeks without access to food, water, or medical care.'
Urban migrants, meanwhile, faced many of the same physical access barriers as Libyans, but had fewer ways to cope with localised food shortages due to their more precarious financial situations  ( see Freedom of Movement ) . This problem became more acute due to the movement restrictions imposed by active fighting, as many urban migrants were unable to reach their workplaces or travel outside their baladiyas to find functioning markets.
The breakdown of the waste management system in conflict affected baladiyas raised major health concerns. Across all assessed baladiyas, waste was mainly reported to be burnt, buried, or dumped in inappropriate spots.
On 14 April, a targeted airstrike on Ministry of Education warehouses destroyed approximately 5 million school textbooks and national exam results, creating severe textbook shortages and affecting students' progress toward graduation.
Fighting continues in and around Tripoli since 4 April. 47 people have been killed  ( including five civilians, an ambulance driver among them )  and 181 wounded. Three health workers have been killed since violence flared up.
Haftar's forces entered Murzuq on Friday after days of clashes with local fighters – mainly from the Tubu tribesmen.
According to UN investigators, “approximately 1,000 2,000 families have been displaced either to neighbourhoods inside Derna or to other Mantikas  ( Regions )  in Libya.'
The LNA opened its offensive in Derna, a coastal city of over 100,000 residents, in May 2018 against the Derna Mujahideen Shura Council  ( DMSC ) , a local armed group that renamed itself the Derna Protection Force  ( DPF ) . LNA forces captured most of the city, then besieged the Old City, where a group of DPF fighters held out alongside civilians.
The five bodies were recovered in Harawa district in eastern Sirte, the Red Crescent said on its Facebook page.
Hundreds of mercenaries linked to Russian military intelligence have been backing the self styled army of warlord Khalifa Haftar in eastern Libya, The Telegraph has reported.
Last December, the Red Crescent said 15 illegal immigrants drowned when their boat capsized off the city of Misurata, some 250 kilometers east of Tripoli.
The spokesman for the forces of the Libyan east based self proclaimed army Ahmed Al Mismari his self styled Libyan National Army has seized control of Libya's southern border with Algeria.
The Presidential Council said on Tuesday that it will take over Ubari power plant as its Turkish contractor left the project unfinished over security concerns.
The International Organization for Migration  ( IOM )  on Thursday said that 164 illegal immigrants from Niger have been voluntarily deported from Libya to their country.
During October, 1,113 refugees and migrants disembarked in Tripoli  ( 703 individuals ) , Al Khums  ( 183 individuals ) , Tajoura  ( 179 individuals ) , and Zwara  ( 48 individuals )
According to UN figures, the escalation of violence in and around Tripoli has caused the displacement of 42,000 people since early April. Thousands are believed to be trapped in Tripoli's southern outskirts, including Aziziya, Swani and Ain Zara. Increasing air raids and heavy shelling in residential neighbourhoods could result in further civilian casualties, destruction of civilian infrastructure and continued displacement, the High Commissioner warned, calling on all parties to fully respect international human rights and humanitarian law.
Around 3,000 migrants and refugees, including 1,000 children remain trapped in centres close to the conflict lines and are in serious need of food, water, health care and protection services
Thousands of refugees and migrants continue to be held in detention centres, where even prior to the recent clashes they faced dire and squalid conditions. People report being in fear for their lives and can hear gunshots and airstrikes nearby. They are at risk of being abandoned or caught up in the conflict should the fighting spread to their locations.
About 5,300 refugees and migrants have been detained in Libya of whom 3,700 were in need of international protection, he said.
In all, there are over 669,000 migrants in Libya, of whom women and children make up 21 percent, according to the report.
The humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate as a direct result of the armed conflict. A DTM IOM rapid assessment of eight conflict affected municipalities  ( Abu Sliem, Hay Andalus, Janzour, Khallat Al Frujan, Salah Eddin, Qasr Bin Ghasheer, Swani Bin Adam and Tajoura )  found that food security and market access have been negatively impacted in most of the assessed areas. Even in areas where markets are sometimes open, most respondents reported that they are unable to purchase most of their needed items.
The number of bodies recovered by Tunisia after a ship packed with migrants sank off its coast last week has risen to 82, in one of the worst disasters in recent years, the Tunisian Red Crescent said on Saturday.
Haftar's forces entered the town with heavy violence and clashes and killed tens of the Tubu tribesmen, burnt houses and looted others in what many locals from Murzuq described as “ethnic cleansing' by Haftar.
A child died and 30 people went missing when a migrant boat sank off the Libyan coast on Tuesday, the Libyan Navy said.
Protection needs are amongst the most commonly reported needs in Libya for all people affected by the crisis, whether Libyan or foreign nationals. Overarchingly, protection needs are primarily driven by exposure to risks and threats, vulnerability, and the inability to cope with conflict and violence, human rights violations and abuses, contamination from explosive hazards, and major challenges related to impediments to access critical services and essential goods and commodities. An estimated 490,000 people, including 134,000 children, have protection needs in Libya.
An estimated 330 migrants were reported to have arrived to Janzour from neighbouring unstable municipalities, reportedly looking for job opportunities
AIN ZARA Reportedly, 6,300 migrants arrived to Ain Zara in December; some include new arrivals looking for work while others are planning to continue their journey.
• Except in Wadi Rabia, where KIs reported healthcare to be wholly unavailable, KIs in all assessed baladiyas reported that hospitals, primary health centres, and/or private clinics remained operational, as did public clinics in Qasr bin Ghasheer and Al Aziziya and mobile clinics in Al Aziziya and Swani bin Adam. Access to the health facilities in Swani bin Adam and Al Aziziya, however, depended on the intensity of fighting in the area.
The assessment also found that access to cash and availability of services were impacted to varying degrees based on area, with water services least affected in seven of the eight municipalities assessed, electricity not available or interrupted in all but one municipality and access to cash impacted to some extent in all eight of the municipalities assessed. Health services were reported to be negatively impacted in six of the assessed municipalities. Across the board, education has been the worst impacted, with schools entirely or partially non functioning in six of eight municipalities.
Some detainees are released to work in private homes, on farms, or in construction. Some are paid for their labor and then allowed to leave or escape.
IOM and UNHCR report that many refugees and migrants in Azzawya Al Nasr DC, particularly those previously transferred from Qasr Bin Ghasheer, are extremely distressed and in need of psychosocial support  ( PSS ) . 655 individuals  ( 519 men, 108 women and 28 children )  were transferred to Azzawya Al Nasr DC following an incident on 23 April, in which 12 individuals sustained injuries that required hospitalization when an armed group entered Qasr Bi Ghasheer DC.
As of 30 April 2019, the Libyan Coast Guard rescued/intercepted a total of 1,126 people in different locations along the Libyan coast. Over the first four months last year, the LCG rescued/intercepted a total of 5,257 refugees and migrants at sea. So far in 2019, Libyan local authorities have recovered 9 bodies of people who perished while attempting to cross the Mediterranean towards Europe, while 144 people were reported missing.
Following the onset of armed conflict on 04 April 2019 in South Tripoli, at least 8,385 families  ( approximately 41,925 individuals )  have been displaced from their homes. Since DTM's last update on 25 April, an additional 605 displaced families  ( approximately 3,025 individuals )  were identified. Currently, around 3,388 migrants in detention centers in Tripoli and nearby areas are also assessed to be at high risk of being affected by the conflict.
Children represent a small but particularly vulnerable part of the migrant population in Libya, in detention centers, and on the sea crossing. A UNICEF survey among children along the Mediterranean migration route through Libya found that 75 percent reported experiencing violence, harassment, or aggression by adults. Most reported verbal and emotional abuse; half reported physical abuse.145 Almost 20 percent of those who reached Europe by sea from Libya in the first nine months of 2018 were children under the age of 18.14
Clashes continued in conflict affected neighborhoods Khalla al Furjan, Qasr Ben Gashir, Ain Zara, Wadi Rabea and Swani, reportedly with increased use of airstrikes. Prolonged outages of electricity, telecommunications and water networks, as well as reported closure of many markets in conflict areas further add to the hardship of local populations
"The 84 migrants, including 3 women and 2 children, are of different nationalities," the statement added.
The office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said on Sunday that it was saddened by reports of nearly 170 migrants died or missing in the Mediterranean. A total of 117 of them departed from western Libya.
More than 2,200 migrants died while crossing the Mediterranean toward Europe in 2018, the commission said.
Since the last DTM Flash Update on 25 April 2019, an increasing number of IDP flows were recorded in locations further away from conflict affected areas, particularly along the coastal line of Western Libya. Continued displacement and observed movement trends towards locations further away from Tripoli is expected to increase the radius of areas in need of humanitarian assistance. Reportedly, the volatile security situation continues to trigger new displacements, including families who opted to remain in their homes so far.
The East based Libyan self styled army forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar have launched a military operation in southern Libya to secure oil and gas facilities and fight extremists, a spokesman said on Tuesday.
Libya's budget deficit was narrowed to 4.6 billion dinars  ( $3.32 billion dollars )  in 2018 down from 10.6 billion dinars in 2017 thanks to a rise in oil revenues, the central bank said on Monday.
As of 30 April 2019, a total of 58,328 asylum seekers and refugees are registered with UNHCR in Libya. A total of 4,643 individuals have been identified by UNHCR and its partners to be currently in one of the accessible Libyan detention centres.
The intensive fighting and indiscriminate attacks had a massive impact on the civilians living in the area of the conflict. As a result, substantial civilian casualties were reported. The fighting into urban areas put the lives of thousands of civilians at risk, particularly where military operations took place in neighbourhoods where civilians reside, or on busy road junctions or around vital services.
Despite LNA declaring victory on 28 June 2018, the fighting continued inside the old city of Derna, as remaining DSF military members continue to control the old city centre. Progressively, Derna is returning to normal life; approximately 1,300 families have returned to Derna, while 600 families are still displaced and not able to return due to political and security reasons
Safe routes for civilians to leave conflicted areas were not always available, due to military siege, airstrikes, landmines and unexploded ordnances  ( UXOs ) , while humanitarian access was prevented for many months. A few humanitarian partners including national and international actors were able to provide assistance during the last three months. The access of the humanitarian assistance is still quite limited due to the prevailing security situation in Derna.
Since the start of the evacuation operation from Libya in late 2017, a total of 3,612 persons  ( including unaccompanied children )  have been evacuated to Niger  ( 2,782 ) , Italy  ( 561 )  and the ETC Romania  ( 269 ) . There are 178 evacuated unaccompanied children remaining in Niger
Urban migrants in frontline areas tended to be at greater risk than Libyans, as they did not have access to the same information about conflict developments, safe areas, or possible exit routes. Most migrants' lack of private transportation made it nearly impossible to leave conflict affected baladiyas without assistance.
The oilfield deep in Libya's south has been closed since December when state guards and tribesmen seized it to make financial demands, the latest in several such closures over the past few years.
During the assessment, KIs stated that the deteriorating security situation primarily involved general lawlessness, including robberies, carjacking, and killings.
Returnees face a devastated infrastructure, with no electricity, running water, or telecommunications, and scant education and health services. Some said they still feared attacks and retaliation by Misrata militias.
As rival factions have clashed in violent bids for territory, resources, and international support, the Libyan people have endured a near decade of insecurity, economic dysfunction, declining public services, and the inability of successive transitional governments to deliver safety and improvements to their quality of life.
Human Rights Watch visited the Tawergha General Hospital, the city's main healthcare facility, and found extensive damage throughout. Nearly all the equipment appeared to have been looted or damaged, in some cases by fire, and patient records were missing.
TRIPOLI  ( Reuters )    Libya's El Sharara oilfield, the country's biggest, remains closed because an armed group is still there, the chairman of state oil firm NOC said on Sunday.
The southern mantikas of Murzuq, Sebha and Alkufra host some of the most vulnerable people who are in need of health services, protection, food, and shelter. Underdevelopment, shortage of services, weak institutions, rampant smuggling and communal conflict continue to negatively affect people's access to essential goods and basic services and represent the main drivers of humanitarian needs in the south.
Humanitarian priority needs reported by field observers include medical supplies and health assistance, followed by food, WASH and NFIs  ( mattresses, blankets, solar lamps, cleaning materials, hygiene kits ) . The deteriorating security situation reportedly also led to intermittent road closures and damage to infrastructure in Murzuq.
Reliable information about developments in Derna is scarce. Few aid groups and journalists for international media have visited Derna in recent months, and LNA forces have tightly controlled access to the Old City. Local residents are afraid to speak on the record, fearing reprisals against themselves or relatives.
Following the onset of armed conflict on 04 April 2019 in South Tripoli, at least 10,110 families  ( approximately 50,550 individuals )  have been displaced from their homes. Since DTM's last update on 29 April, an additional 1,725 displaced families  ( approximately 8,625 individuals )  were identified. Currently, over 3,330 migrants in detention centers in Tripoli and nearby areas are also considered to be at high risk of being affected by the conflict.
Among the missing are 10 women and two children, including a two month old baby, he said. Survivors indicated their fellow migrants came from Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Gambia and Sudan, Di Giacomo said.
Tripoli's only functional airport, Mitiga International Airport, was targeted by airstrikes, disrupting flights and eventually causing a multi day suspension. At the time of publication, the airport was only operational during evenings and nights, making it more difficult to leave the city or to evacuate foreign nationals.
Following the onset of clashes and shelling in Derna in May 2018, more than 35,000 individuals were reportedly displaced, many of them to surrounding areas of Derna, such as Al Bayda, Shahat, Alqubba and Tobruk, but also locations further away in Western Libya.
Since the onset of the crisis in April, nearly 120,000 persons have been displaced from areas in and around Tripoli, while 1,093 persons have been killed and 5,752 injured.
Fighting between rival armed groups in the capital of Tripoli has flared up again, four months after a U.N. brokered cease fire.
A new round of clashes between rival militias in Libya's capital left at least five people dead, the country's health ministry said, withoutspecifying whether the casualties were civilians or fighters.
That agreement had provided a brief respite from deadly clashes in Tripoli, where at least 117 people were killed and hundreds more injured in that last round of violence.
Hours before the fighting reached its peak, the United Nations' mission in Libya warned against fresh violence in the capital as tensions rose between rival militias despite a September 2018 ceasefire deal.
• In February, the US dollar and the Euro continued to depreciate against the Libyan dinar  ( LYD )  on the parallel market, by  0.9% and  0.6% respectively, a smaller appreciation of the LYD than the previous month.
The head of Libya's internationally recognised government and a military strongman who backs a rival administration in the country's east have met and agreed to hold elections, the United Nations said Thursday.
During the overnight hours of 21 22 May, indiscriminate shelling was reported in a residential area in Salahuddin district. On the morning of 22 May, indiscriminate shelling was reported in a residential area of Tajoura. No civilian casualties were reported as a result of these incidents.
Due to heavy bombardment during the Libyan revolution, the town of Tawergha was largely abandoned. The town is heavily contaminated by all kinds of explosive weapons, including grenades, missiles, and rockets.Over the last three months, Humanity & Inclusion's weapons specialists have removed more than 150 explosive devices from the streets of Tawargha.
The Health Ministry has announced that 21 people have been killed and 27 others injured due to the clashes in different frontlines outside Tripoli.
98% of Egyptian migrants entered Libya directly, while 1.5% reported entering through Sudan. The remaining 0.5% entered through Tunisia, usually through travel by airplane to Tunis and then onwards to Libya.
The top five nationalities identified were Nigerien, Egyptian, Chadian, Sudanese and Nigerian. Out of the 623,627 individuals from Africa, 433,444  ( 69% )  were from Sub Saharan countries and 193,183 individuals  ( 29% )  were from North African countries.
Sharara oilfield has been closed since December 2018, when Petroleum Facilities Guard personnel and tribesmen seized it to make financial demands, the latest in several such closures over the past few years.
Tripoli's healthcare system was heavily disrupted by the ongoing clashes. Many health facilities in conflict affected baladiyas were reportedly understaffed and overwhelmed.15 First responders were at particular risk, with reports of both accidental and deliberate attacks on ambulances, resulting in the deaths of two doctors and one ambulance driver. Some medical professionals had reportedly pulled out of rescue operations due to unsustainable levels of risk
Shelters and infrastructure in Murzuq sustained significant damage at the height of the conflict, with civilian homes and businesses reportedly being looted and burned by armed groups.
Over 50 migrants were reportedly injured after they had staged a protest that was suppressed inside a detention centre in Tripoli, the United Nations said on Friday.
More than 500 people are currently being held in Tajoura, two of whom were injured and required medical assistance. When the hostilities intensified late last night, refugees and migrants were trapped inside and unable to flee to safety.
The UN estimates that more than 1.6 million people have been directly affected, including hundreds of thousands who have been forcibly displaced from their homes, either within Libya itself or across the border in Tunisia. Displaced populations are acutely vulnerable to threats from targeted or generalised violence and face challenges in accessing public services and adequate shelter.
The greater Benghazi area is hosting the largest number of internally displaced persons  ( IDPs )  in Libya, with over 27,200 IDPs and 189,000 IDP returnees. The majority face difficulties accessing safe and dignified shelter, as well as medical care, education, and essential goods and services. Many are exposed to risks connected to explosive remnants of war in urban areas.
Many IDP households had reportedly been displaced to areas in close proximity to the frontline, where they remained at risk of shelling and violence. Further displacement was expected from all five assessed baladiyas due to fears that the current clashes would continue or intensify
Libyan KIs who remained in assessed baladiyas reported that movement out of frontline areas was heavily restricted. Aside from ongoing armed group activity and a lack of personal safety, KIs noted that nearly all main roads out of the conflict affected areas had been blocked by checkpoints and dirt barriers.
As a consequence of the healthcare system being stretched to its limits, emergency care was widely unavailable and was prioritised by nearly all KIs as the most needed health service, followed by chronic disease treatment and skilled maternity care.
Due to restricted access to hospitals, both frontline and referral hospitals inside and outside Tripoli were reportedly receiving casualties on a daily basis. The Tarhouna and Ghiryan hospitals had been converted into trauma centres by the World Health Organisation  ( WHO
Displacement numbers increased by 60 per cent from 10 to 11 April. Individuals in collective shelters in areas now closer to the frontlines are at risk of secondary displacement.
Migrants' priority needs related to WASH, Non food items  ( NFIs ) , Shelter and Health were recorded for each of the 570 communities hosting migrants in Libya through key informant based data collection.
• The main reported push factor driving IDPs to leave the affected area was the fighting itself, which encompassed the presence of armed group activity, shelling, and airstrikes; the threat of frequent shifts in the frontlines; and the destruction of housing, particularly in Swani and Al Aziziya. KIs in Ain Zara also reported that the lack of key services such as electricity and water played a role in IDPs' decision to leave.
Since the onset of hostilities in South Tripoli a large number of families have been displaced from their homes in search of safety and protection. As of 19 May, at least 15,645 families  ( approximately 78,225 individuals )  have been identified as IDPs by the ongoing DTM Emergency Tracking.
The Members of the Security Council condemned the attack on the detention centre near Tripoli on 2 July, which resulted in 53 people killed and over 130 injured.