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Germany providing $3.9 million for refugees in Libya

Jun 8, 2017
Germany providing $3.9 million for refugees in Libya

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Germany is pledging an additional 3.5 million euros ($3.9 million) to help improve conditions for refugees in Libya.

“The money, to be paid by 2018, comes in response to a call from the UN refugee agency,” UNHCR.

West African migrants returning from Niger after fleeing Libya due to armed groups by pickup truck in Agadez, northern Niger, following their failed attempt to reach Europe by crossing the Mediterranean Sea.
West African migrants returning from Niger after fleeing Libya due to armed groups by pickup truck in Agadez, northern Niger, following their failed attempt to reach Europe by crossing the Mediterranean Sea.

On an unannounced visit to Tripoli on Thursday, Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said many migrants in Libya “are in a desperate situation”.

According to a transcript provided by the Foreign Ministry, Gabriel said the money will be in addition to Germany paying the “lion’s share” of a 100-million-euro regional program run by the International Organization for Migration.

It’s to be used to improve living conditions at refugee centers. Many refugees fleeing the Mideast and Africa transit through Libya before attempting the perilous journey across the Mediterranean to Europe.

Source:Associated Press. Read full article here.
8 June, 2017