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Secretary-General Appoints Yacoub el Hillo of Sudan Deputy Special Representative for Libya
June 21, 2019United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced today the appointment of Yacoub el Hillo of Sudan as his Deputy Special Representative in Libya, where he will also serve as United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator.
He succeeds Maria do Valle …
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UN Agencies Urge Italy to Let Migrants Get off Rescue Boat
June 21, 2019The U.N. migration and refugee agencies on Friday urged Italy's government to let 43 migrants from Libya disembark from a boat that had rescued them in the Mediterranean Sea.
Rome hasn't let the migrants off the Sea Watch 3 onto …
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IOM Appeals for Urgent, Safe Disembarkation for Migrants on Sea-Watch 3
June 21, 2019Rome � The International Organization for Migration today (21/06) is launching an appeal to guarantee, as soon as possible, a safe disembarkation point for migrants rescued on 12 June in the Mediterranean by the ship Sea-Watch 3.
On Saturday, 10 …
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UNHCR Update Libya (21 June 2019)
June 21, 2019Highlights
To mark World Refugee Day, on 19 June, UNHCR evacuated 131 refugees and asylum-seekers to the Emergency Transit Mechanism (ETM) in Niger. All refugees and asylum-seekers were previously detained in Libyan detention centres. This year, 1,297 refugees and asylum-seekers …
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131 refugees evacuated out of Libya to Niger, amidst ongoing conflict in Tripoli
June 20, 2019A group of 131 refugees were evacuated last night out of Libya to the Emergency Transit Mechanism (ETM) in Niger, run by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
The evacuees were from Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan, and included 65 children under …
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UNICEF Libya Flash Update: Western Libya Response Update, 03 June – 16 June 2019
June 20, 2019Humanitarian Situation Overview
As fighting in Western Libya continues, children and women continue to be caught in the crossfire. Between 11-16 June nine civilians were wounded as a result of collateral damage from nearby airstrikes or shelling. Since the beginning …
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Italy Sea Arrivals Dashboard (May 2019)
June 20, 2019Overview
Between 1 January and 31 May 2019, 1,561 refugees and migrants arrived in Italy by sea, compared to 13,430 in the same period last year. In May 2019, 782 individuals reached Italian shores. This is considerably higher than monthly …
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From Hand to Hand: The migratory experience of East African refugees and migrants in Libya
June 20, 2019Summary
Despite a seven-fold decrease in overall refugee and migrant sea arrivals from Libya to Italy between 2017 and 2018, the proportion of East African refugees and migrants among overall arrivals in Italy increased in 2018. In 2018, 14% and …
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