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Add to Preferred SourcesThe Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya, Mr. Yacoub El Hillo, launched the 2020 Humanitarian Response Plan for Libya (HRP), which seeks US$115 million to provide life-saving assistance this year.
The humanitarian community aims to reach about 345,000 people, out of the 893,000 people who need humanitarian assistance across Libya ‘s 22 mantikas or districts. The people who will receive assistance are assessed to be in acute need as a result of physical and mental harm, a partial or total collapse of living standards and basic services, and increased reliance on extreme measures to cope with their situation, such as reducing number and size of meals they consume every day.
Since the outbreak of military hostilities in and around Tripoli on 4 April 2019, the humanitarian situation in Libya has further deteriorated at alarming rates, affecting the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.
“While the humanitarian situation is even more difficult than it was last year, we are appealing today for less financial resources compared to 2019”, said Mr. El Hillo.
As of January 2020, about 149,000 people have fled their homes. Internal displacement surged by 80 percent in 2019 as a result of conflict in Tripoli and other areas, with 343,000 people now displaced across the country.
Despite the deteriorating situation, Libya remains a major destination and transit country for migrants and refugees. While in Libya, many are at risk of unlawful killings, torture, arbitrary detention, rape and other forms of sexual and gender-based violence, forced labour, extortion and exploitation. Of particular concern are more than 3,200 migrants estimated to be in detention centres, held under conditions of severe overcrowding and with insufficient access to food, clean water and sanitation. Wide-spread human rights violations have been recorded in these centres.
Already among the most vulnerable, some 2,000 migrants and refugees are in detention centres already exposed to or near fighting.
The 2020 HRP covers the efforts of 25 humanitarian partners to provide assistance. Humanitarian operations reached more than 400,000 people with assistance in 2019. This includes more than 95,000 people affected by the fighting in and around Tripoli.
Original source: UNOCHA
Published on 17 February 2020