Highlights

On 1 November, UNHCR evacuated 174 vulnerable asylum seekers, including women and babies, to safety via the Emergency Transit Mechanism in Niger – the second flight of its kind this year. The ETM was established in 2017 by the Government of Niger, which agreed to temporarily receive asylum seekers and refugees on its territory facing a life-threatening situation in Libya while UNHCR identifies durable solutions for them, including resettlement and other complementary legal pathways.

Population Movements

So far in 2022, more than 19,400 asylum-seekers, refugees, and migrants have been reported as rescued or intercepted by the Libyan authorities. Last week, six rescue/interception operations were carried out by the Stabilization Support Apparatus (SSA) at Al-Maya disembarkation point (DP), by the Libyan Coast Guard (LCG) at Azzawya Oil Refinery Port, Tripoli Commercial Port (TCP), and A-Khums Port, with 665 survivors, incuding 20 persons of concern to UNHCR. Partner, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) responded to two disembarkations and provided medical assistance to the survivors. On 3 November, the LCG apprehended 40 individuals boarding a fishing vessel in an attempt to cross the sea to Europe near Qasr Al-Akhyar (70 km east of Tripoli). On 2 November, the LCG recovered two unidentified dead bodies off the coast of Tajoura.