Attachments
In Numbers
- 46,775 people assisted in May 2025
- 592 mt of food distributed
- USD 5 million Six-month funding requirements from June to November 2025 [for the Sudanese Refugee]
Critical Funding Shortfalls
• Due to funding constraints, WFP has thus far been able to target 50,000 refugees on monthly basis. However, without additional funding, this support will cease by end-July. WFP requires US$5 million to sustain its support to 50,000 refugees from July to November 2025.
Operational Updates
Emergency Sudanese Refugee Response
• As of early May, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimated that 313,000 Sudanese refugees had arrived in Libya since the conflict began in April 2023. Urgent needs include water, food, shelter, health, and core relief items.
• Sudanese refugees, primarily from Darfur, continue entering Libya despite Tripoli's recent security issues. UNHCR's updated projection for 2025 estimates that there may be 650,000 Sudanese refugees in Libya by the end of the year, nearly 50 percent more than initial estimate, with the average daily influx rising from 300 to 600 persons.
• In line with the Libyan Sudanese Refugee Response Plan (RRP) for 2025, WFP’s support for Sudanese refugees in Libya in May included:
o 576 mt of in-kind food assistance to 46,775 Sudanese refugees across the country.
o Nutritional assistance to 5,290 for children between 6-59 months and 2,522 pregnant and breastfeeding women with a total of 16 mt of lipid-based nutrient supplements and date bars.
o Due to increased insecurity in Tripoli after May's armed clashes, WFP cash assistance (CBT) for vulnerable groups in Tajoura (130 households) and Azzawya (500 households) remains suspended. WFP is monitoring the situation and will resume distributions once conditions allow safe access.
o The planned CBT to 1,050 households in Sebha and Benghazi was postponed due to logistics reasons. WFP is coordinating closely with the financial service provider to resume distributions in all locations by mid-June.