Conflict

UNHCR raises alarm over deadly detention centre escape in Libya

New York, June 2 (IBNS): More than a dozen people have been killed or wounded by traffickers as they attempted to flee a detention centre in Libya last month, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday, describing it as the “latest horror story” to emerge from the war-torn country. more

Libya: Tawerghans must not be held hostage to political crisis, UN says, urging safe return

New York, Mar 1 (JEN): The United Nations and its partners in Libya have called for the voluntary, safe and dignified return of the population displaced from the northern town of Tawergha ...

UN poised to scale up support for Libya’s post-conflict transition, Security Council told

New York, Jan 18 (JEN): The United Nations is implementing its Action Plan for Libya to create the necessary conditions for the completion of the North African country’s post-confli ...

UN refugee agency urges Israel to halt forced relocation of African asylum seekers

New York, Jan 10 (JEN): The United Nations refugee agency on Tuesday appealed to the Israeli Government to not forcibly send Eritrean and Sudanese refugees or asylum seekers to sub-Sahara ...

Libya’s planned transit centre would keep migrants from risky Mediterranean crossing – UN agency

New York, Nov 30(Just Earth News): The United Nations refugee agency has welcomed the decision by the Libyan authorities to set up a “transit and departure facility” in Tripol ...

Libya: Smugglers holding refugees and migrants in deplorable conditions, say UN agencies

New York, Oct 18(Just Earth News): After weeks of conflict in western Libya, United Nations agencies have been working around the clock to meet the urgent needs of the more than 14,000 refug ...

Libya: UN Mission condemns deadly bombing in Misrata

New York, Oct 5(Just Earth News): Condemning an attack against a court house in the Libyan city of Misrata, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) underscored that those behind ...

Libya: UN envoy calls on rival groups to immediately halt violence in Tripoli

New York, May 27(Just Earth News): Condemning the surging violence in Tripoli, the top United Nations official in Libya called on Friday for an immediate end to fighting in and around the ca ...

Put Libya ahead of 'narrow interests,' UN envoy urges as situation worsens across the country

New York, Mar 21 (Just Earth News): Warning of escalating tension across the North African country due to mobilization of forces, worsening security situation in capital, Tripoli, as well as ...

Senior UN officials call for close cooperation to address migrant, refugee flows in Libya

New York, Feb 11 (Just Earth News): The heads of the United Nations agencies for human rights, migrants, and refugees, and the UN envoy for Libya, on Friday met in Geneva calling for interna ...