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UNHCR Flash Update Libya (7 - 13 July 2018) [EN/AR]

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Key figures:

179,400 Libyans currently internally displaced (IDPs)

372,022 returned IDPs (returns registered in 2016 - April 2018)

53,388 registered refugees and asylumseekers in the State of Libya

16,919 persons arrived in Italy by sea in 2018

735 monitoring visits to detention centres so far in 2018

1,525 asylum-seekers and refugees released from detention so far in 2018

1,858 vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers evacuated since November 2017

Funding

USD 85 M required for 2018

Population Movements

As of 10 July, the Libyan Coast Guard rescued/intercepted 11,276 refugees and migrants at sea. Since June, the number of rescue/interception operations increased when compared to the previous months (3,453 in June, 1,756 in May and 1,463 in April). UNHCR recorded a high number of deaths or disappearances at sea in the month of June (255 persons). The majority of individuals (70 per cent) were disembarked at the Tripoli Naval Base. Most boats departed from areas between Al-Khums and Garabulli, or from Azzawya and Zwara.

Last week alone, 467 refugees and migrants were disembarked at the Tripoli Naval Base (398 individuals) and Azzawya (69 individuals). Most individuals disembarked in Libya were suffering from malnutrition, trauma and skin diseases such as scabies due to long periods of captivity at the hands of smugglers. UNHCR observed a rise in the number of Sudanese and South Sudanese trying to cross the sea. UNHCR and its partner International Medical Corps were present during the disembarkation. They provided core-relief items and vital medical assistance both at disembarkation points and in the detention centres to which individuals were transferred by the authorities. Due to the increase in the number of disembarkations in the past months, detention centres in and around Tripoli are also increasingly overcrowded. UNHCR estimates that some 8,000 individuals are currently in detention, out of which 4,000 are of concern to UNHCR.