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Refugees in Libya

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Total IDPs in Libya JSON 
192,762
Last updated 30 Nov 2017
Source - IOM 
Total IDP Returnees (2016-2017) JSON 
316,971
Last updated 30 Nov 2017
Source - IOM 
Registered Refugees in Libya * JSON 
44,306
Last updated 30 Nov 2017
Source - UNHCR 
* UNHCR is currently registering individuals from the following nationalities: Iraqi, Syrian, Palestinian, Eritrean, Ethiopian, Somali, Sudanese
Registered Refugees by Origin JSON  .CSV 
Country of origin Source Data date Population
Syrian Arab Rep. UNHCR 30 Nov 2017
  49.9% 		22,121
Palestine UNHCR 30 Nov 2017
  15.7% 		6,964
Eritrea UNHCR 30 Nov 2017
  10.9% 		4,823
Sudan UNHCR 30 Nov 2017
  9.1% 		4,035
Iraq UNHCR 30 Nov 2017
  7.0% 		3,111
Somalia UNHCR 30 Nov 2017
  5.2% 		2,293
Ethiopia UNHCR 30 Nov 2017
  1.6% 		698
Others UNHCR 30 Nov 2017
  0.6% 		261


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    UNHCR Libya Flash Update (15-23 December 2017)

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    UNHCR Libya operational update
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    UNHCR Libya Flash Update (9-15 December 2017)

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    UNHCR Libya operational update
    Published: 15 December 2017 (10 days ago)
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    UNHCR Libya Flash Update (2-8 December 2017)

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    UNHCR Libya operational update
    Published: 8 December 2017 (17 days ago)
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  • Libya: Registration - Fact sheet November 2017

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    Refugees and Asylum Seekers registered by UNHCR in Libya as of 30 November 2017
    Published: 1 December 2017 (24 days ago)
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    Libya: Activities at Disembarkation - Monthly update, November 2017

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    Libya continues to be the main transit point for departure from North Africa towards Europe. UNHCR's interverntions at disembarkation points in Libya focus on the provision of life-saving assistance a...
    Published: 1 December 2017 (24 days ago)
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    UNHCR Libya Flash Update (15-23 December 2017)

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    UNHCR Libya operational update
    Published: 22 December 2017 (3 days ago)
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    UNHCR Libya Flash Update (9-15 December 2017)

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    UNHCR Libya operational update
    Published: 15 December 2017 (10 days ago)
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    UNHCR Libya Flash Update (2-8 December 2017)

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    UNHCR Libya operational update
    Published: 8 December 2017 (17 days ago)
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  • Libya: Registration - Fact sheet November 2017

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    Refugees and Asylum Seekers registered by UNHCR in Libya as of 30 November 2017
    Published: 1 December 2017 (24 days ago)
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    Libya: Activities at Disembarkation - Monthly update, November 2017

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    Libya continues to be the main transit point for departure from North Africa towards Europe. UNHCR's interverntions at disembarkation points in Libya focus on the provision of life-saving assistance a...
    Published: 1 December 2017 (24 days ago)
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  • Libya: Registration - Fact sheet November 2017

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    Refugees and Asylum Seekers registered by UNHCR in Libya as of 30 November 2017
    Published: 1 December 2017 (24 days ago)
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    Libya: Activities at Disembarkation - Monthly update, November 2017

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    Libya continues to be the main transit point for departure from North Africa towards Europe. UNHCR's interverntions at disembarkation points in Libya focus on the provision of life-saving assistance a...
    Published: 1 December 2017 (24 days ago)
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  • Libya: Registration - Fact sheet October 2017

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    Refugees and Asylum Seekers registered by UNHCR in Libya as of 31 October 2017
    Published: 2 November 2017 (1 month ago)
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    Libya: Activities at Disembarkation - Monthly update, October 2017

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    Libya continues to be the main transit point for departure from North Africa towards Europe. UNHCR's interverntions at disembarkation points in Libya focus on the provision of life-saving assistance a...
    Published: 2 November 2017 (1 month ago)
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    Libya: Activities at Disembarkation - Monthly update, September 2017

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    Libya continues to be the main transit point for departure from North Africa towards Europe. UNHCR's interverntions at disembarkation points in Libya focus on the provision of life-saving assistance a...
    Published: 2 October 2017 (2 months ago)
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    Libya: Reference Map

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    Libya: Reference map with UNHCR offices
    Published: 10 November 2017 (1 month ago)
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  • Libya: UNHCR Assistance to Internally Displaced Persons and Returnees (as of 8 November 2017)

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    UNHCR and partners provide basic assistance to internally displaced persons (IDPs) and returned IDPs in Libya. So far in 2017, 4,792 displaced or returned families received non-food items and another ...
    Published: 8 November 2017 (1 month ago)
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    Libya: Disembarkation points

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    UNHCR through its partner International Medical Corps provides medical services, rescue kits and rehabilitation of WASH facilities at six disembarkation points, in Azzawya, Tripoli (3), Tajoura (Al Ha...
    Published: 27 September 2017 (2 months ago)
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    Libya: Detention centres (September 2017)

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    Libya: Active official detention centres as of 21 September 2017
    Published: 27 September 2017 (2 months ago)
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  • UNHCR Libya: Assistance to internally displaced people (IDP) - January 2016 to March 2017

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    UNHCR and partners provide basic assistance to internally displaced persons (IDP) in Libya. In 2016, 3,998 displaced families received core relief items and another 1,000 families received cash assist...
    Published: 10 April 2017 (8 months ago)
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    UNHCR Libya Flash Update (15-23 December 2017)

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    UNHCR Libya operational update
    Published: 22 December 2017 (3 days ago)
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    UNHCR Libya Flash Update (9-15 December 2017)

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    UNHCR Libya operational update
    Published: 15 December 2017 (10 days ago)
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    UNHCR Libya Flash Update (2-8 December 2017)

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    UNHCR Libya operational update
    Published: 8 December 2017 (17 days ago)
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    UNHCR Libya Flash Update (16 November - 1 December 2017)

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    UNHCR Libya operational update
    Published: 1 December 2017 (24 days ago)
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    UNHCR Libya Flash Update (9-16 November 2017)

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    UNHCR Libya operational update
    Published: 16 November 2017 (1 month ago)
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    UNHCR welcomes Libya’s transit facility to expedite third country solutions for vulnerable refugees

    http://www.unhcr.org/news/press/2017/11/5a1edc7c4/unhcr-welcomes-libyas-transit-facility-expedite-third-country-solutions.html, 29 Nov 2017

    UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes the decision by the Libyan authorities to set up a “transit and departure facility” in Tripoli for people in need of international protection. Read more

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    News Comment by Vincent Cochetel, UNHCR’s Special Envoy for the Central Mediterranean Situation, on the first evacuation of refugees from Libya to Niger

    http://www.unhcr.org/news/press/2017/11/5a07289f4/news-comment-vincent-cochetel-unhcrs-special-envoy-central-mediterranean.html, 11 Nov 2017

    “I’m pleased to announce that a first group of 25 extremely vulnerable refugees were evacuated today, Saturday 11 November, from Libya to Niger by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. Read more

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    UNHCR steps up efforts towards alternatives to detention in Libya and solutions for vulnerable refugees

    http://www.unhcr.org/news/press/2017/9/59b7b0c24/unhcr-steps-efforts-towards-alternatives-detention-libya-solutions-vulnerable.html, 12 Sep 2017

    Libya remains one of the most complex mixed migration situations in the world, with refugees traveling alongside migrants through perilous routes, surviving dangerous desert crossings and abuses that include sexual violence, torture, detention in inhumane conditions and abductions for ransom. Read more

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    Statement by Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees on the Paris meeting of 28 August

    http://www.unhcr.org/news/press/2017/8/59a50c614/statement-filippo-grandi-un-high-commissioner-refugees-paris-meeting-28.html, 28 Aug 2017

    “UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes commitments made today at the Paris meeting on migration and asylum. Read more

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