IOM Libya: Situation Report, 31 March 2015

IOM LIBYA SITUATION REPORT

31 March 2015

The last g oup of st a ded Se egalese, hi h i luded also o e o e a d i o s, a e sta i g thei jou e to o e f o Mis ata to the Li a o de , i o de to take a pla e a k to Se egal.

OVERVIEW

As the se u it situaio i Li a o i ues to e halle gi g, the e is sill a high u e of ig a ts t apped i side Li a, o side i g that the o de et ee Li a a d Eg pt/Tu isia e ai ed p a i all losed to ost of the . Without p ope t a el do u e ts o i sui ie t ea s to o ga ize thei o a d t a el a k to thei ou t of o igi , a hoose to head to a ds Eu ope a oss the Medite a ea Sea. This is ele ted i the e t ao di a high u e s of ig a ts a i i g at the Italia sho es ith app o . . ha i g depa ted f o Li a a d a i ed i Ital du i g . Mig a ts i su h desitute o diio s, a e taki g a isks i o de to get i to a essel, e e if o e o ded a d ot sea o th , i o de to lea e Li a. Bad eathe o diio s, togethe ith te h i al eakdo s of su h oats, ha e led to a esi ated u e of deaths last ea .

This t e d has also o i ued i the i st o ths of , ith a esi ated u e ig a ts ha i g th pe ished i o e si gle i ide t o Fe ua , he se e al ig a t oats got i to dii ulies due to e t e el ad eathe o diio s i the Medite a ea Sea.

HIGHLIGHTS E a uaio of igra ts f o dife e t ou t ies a o plished, ost of the eithe ia Tu isia o di e tl out of T ipoli. ______________ The last o e e t of Se egalese depa ted ia a harter light out of Tu isia. This g oup also i luded o e o e , as ell as i o s, ho got st a ded i side Li a due to the o goi g o li t. _______________ Mo e tha fa ilies a d , igra ts ha e e eited f o the dist i uio of NFI a d h gie e kits i dife e t pa ts of Li a, i ludi g those i a u e of ig a t dete io e t es.

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IOM RESPONSE NON-FOOD-ITEMS IOM Li a is o i ui g to dist i ute H gie e Kits a d othe NFIs to displa ed fa ilies a d st a ded ig a ts i side Li a, as ell as to assess fu the eeds. IOM is also espo di g to u ge t alls fo suppo t of ig a ts i dete io e t es, si e esou es the Li a Di e to ate fo Co ai g Illegal Mig aio a e al ost depleted.

I olla o aio a d suppo t of the I te aio al Medi al Co ps IMC , the dist i uio of NFI a d h gie e kits to ig a ts i the A u Slee Dete io Ce t e DC , follo i g a u ge t e uest the Di e to ate fo Co ai g Illegal Mig aio DCIM , aused the te po a losu e of the T aisha DC a d elo aio of the ig a ts to A u Slee a d Alza a h DCs. The de isio to lose T aisha DC, the iggest i T ipoli, as take DCIM, e ause it’s p o i it to a a ea he e a ed o li ts a e happe i g.

EVACUATION As Li a o i ues to e o ked i sta ilit a d iole e, IOM Li a has ee fa ilitai g e a uaio s a d etu s of ul e a le ig a ts f o su -Saha a Af i a. It took ea l hou s to i g the last of th ee pla eloads of Se egalese ig a ts f o Li a o Ma h. But ith the a i al of this last g oup i Daka F ida o i g, IOM o pleted its issio egu o Fe ua . The last g oup of ig a ts i gs to the total u e of Se egalese aio als e a uated f o Li a IOM i a o pli ated ope aio i ol i g se u i g assista e f o the Li a Red C es e t a d Li a’s Di e to ate fo Co ai g Illegal Mig aio DCIM . Fu the lose olla o aio as e te ded the Go e e t of Tu isia, hi h p o ided assista e to the IOM tea at the ou t ’s o de .

The passe ge s, ales a d o e fe ale, i luded i o s ho had ee detai ed i Li a late last ea . Most of the assisted IOM e e o ki g i fo all i T ipoli u il the iddle of last De e e , he the e e seized i a p e-da aid o a o pou d of uildi gs he e o e tha , su -Saha a ig a ts e e li i g.

F o T ipoli the detai ees e e take to a holdi g fa ilit i Mis ata, he e o e of the Se egalese ig a ts a aged to o ta t IOM ith a o ile pho e he had hidde he he as a ested. That sta ted a hai of e e ts that led to IOM se u i g the aid of Se egal’s Mi ist of Fo eig Afai s, hi h helped se u e t a el do u e ts fo the detai ees ho olu tee ed to etu to thei ou t . The i st light let the ai po t at Dje a, Tu isia, o Fe ua , follo i g a -hou jou e f o Mis ata to the Li a-Tu isia o de , the a lo g ait hile autho iies fo oth ou t ies e ie ed the t a el do u e ts of the e a uees. A se o d light illed ith e a uees a i ed i Daka o Ma h.

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