Tripoli, Libya, October 3, 2023 — More than two weeks have passed since devastating floods wreaked havoc in eastern Libya, following record levels of rainfall and the bursting of two dams. This...
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Libya: The IRC warns of public health crisis in flood affected areas
**Tripoli, Libya, September 18, 2023 — ** The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is issuing a critical warning about a rapidly escalating public health crisis in flood-affected parts of Libya, with...
Flooding in Libya is emblematic of climate change and conflict on vulnerable communities, warns the IRC
Tripoli, Libya, September 15, 2023 — The recent devastation caused by Storm Daniel in Libya has once again shed light on the dire situation faced by conflict-affected and climate-vulnerable...
IRC prepares response as humanitarian needs mount in Libya and flood affected areas continue to be inaccessible
Tripoli, Libya, September 13, 2023 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) urgently calls for international assistance to address the catastrophic humanitarian crisis unfolding in Libya as a...
Libya: IRC prepares response to devastating floods
Ciaran Donnelly, IRC Senior Vice President for Crisis Response, Recovery and Development said, "In the wake of the devastating flooding caused by Storm Daniel in Libya, we extend our deepest...
Deadly clashes in Libya’s capital result in civilian casualties
Tripoli, Libya, August 28, 2022 — At least 32 civilians have been killed, and more than 150 injured, in clashes between armed groups yesterday in Tripoli, according to the Libyan Ministry of Health...
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Libya: Hundreds detained in renewed crackdown on migrants and refugees
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and the International Rescue Committee (IRC) are alarmed by the detention of more than 600 migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in front of the former Community...
IRC calls for immediate release of over 5,000 migrants and refugees detained this week in dangerous, overcrowded detention centers in Libya
Over 5,000 migrants and asylum seekers have been detained in less than a week in Tripoli. Excessive force has been reported in raids and arbitrary arrests, resulting in at least one fatality and many...
Libya: Record numbers intercepted at sea and detained; IRC calls for their immediate release
New York, NY, September 2, 2021 — In just the past eight months, over 23,000 people have been intercepted at sea and returned to Libya after trying to reach safety in Europe - almost double the total...
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Libya conference: True stability in Libya will only come about by rebuilding people’s lives
World leaders must seize the opportunity at a conference on the future of Libya this week to make continued commitments to addressing the humanitarian needs of a population who have not known peace...
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The IRC is extremely concerned about the safety of migrants and refugees being returned to Libya
Tripoli, Libya, May 4, 2021 — The IRC is extremely concerned about the safety of migrants and refugees being returned to Libya, following a huge spike in the number brought back by the Libyan Coast...
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Libya: Worrying spike in numbers risking lives at sea; IRC carries out 7 emergency responses in 4 days
Tripoli, Libya, February 5, 2021 — Tom Garofalo, the International Rescue Committee's Country Director for Libya, said: "In the past 2 days, we have seen a worrying spike in the number of people...
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New IRC data: Nearly 500 children sent to Libyan detention centres in past 6 months; IRC calls for immediate closure of inhumane centres
Tripoli, Libya, October 8, 2020 — Over the past six months, close to 500* children have been intercepted at sea and brought back to Libya after trying to reach safety in Europe, data from the...
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Over 200 children stopped at sea and sent to Libyan detention centres; IRC calls for their release
Tripoli, Libya, July 29, 2020 — Of the 200 children trying to reach Europe who have been intercepted at sea and returned to Libya so far this year, almost all have been arbitrarily detained, the...
Libya: Lack of COVID-19 tests when boats return risks surge in cases, warns IRC
New York, NY, July 9, 2020 — Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers intercepted at sea and returned to Libya must be provided with COVID-19 testing to prevent them falling through the cracks and being...
Libya COVID-19 cases double in 14 days as violence increases, exacerbating existing threats facing vulnerable populations
New York, NY, June 12, 2020 --- In the past two weeks alone, COVID-19 cases in Libya have more than doubled, while a change in conflict dynamics has forced 24,000 people from their homes, putting the...
IRC welcomes news that Libya ceasefire talks will resume
New York, NY, June 2, 2020 — Welcoming the news that talks on a ceasefire in Libya will resume, Tom Garofalo - Country Director for the International Rescue Committee in Libya - said: “A ceasefire in...
Second hospital attack in four days puts Libya’s COVID-19 response further at risk, warns IRC
New York, NY, May 14, 2020 — A spate of recent attacks on hospitals, ports and airports in Libya are further weakening the country’s already fragile ability to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, warns the...
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Escalating violence in Libya jeopardises COVID-19 response, warns IRC
New York, NY, April 24, 2020 — As the violence in Libya escalates by the day, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) is warning that attacks on health care and civilian infrastructure are not only...
Libya Health Sector: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) preparedness and response plan for Libya
(WHO, IOM, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNFPA, UN Habitat, IMC, HI, TDH, MSF-Holland, MSFFrance, Emergenza Sorrissi-Naduk, IRC, PUI) Tripoli, Libya 26 March 2020 Libya - current situation and risk of COVID-19 As...