IOM & the Ministry of Labour held a 5-day TVET Management & Development Training in Tripoli. 45 participants from TVET centers across Libya attended, aiming to enhance staff capacities & improve institutional workflows, thereby contributing to better migration management.
From June 10-14, IOM supported NCDC in conducting monitoring & supervisory visits to
#StormDaniel
affected areas. Led by the head of NCDC's Surveillance and Rapid Response Team, this initiative bolstered public health surveillance, benefiting both local and migrant communities.
IOM Libya provided Career Readiness, Business Management, and Entrepreneurship Training to 67 graduates of the beauty and sewing course at the Youth Employment One Stop Shop
#YESS
center in Sebha, aiming to equip vulnerable youth with essential skills for better livelihoods.
The 2nd Arab regional review of the Global Compact for Migration started today in Cairo. Governments & stakeholders are coming together to reflect on the progress made since the compact was adopted.
#GCMRegionalReview
More information in press release 👉
We invite you to read the 2023 UN in Libya Results Report, highlighting achievements in the first year of implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework and to the crisis response to catastrophic floods in eastern Libya.
Last week, IOM 🇱🇾 facilitated 2 Voluntary Humanitarian Return charter flights, bringing 162 migrants from Benghazi to Dhaka and 141 migrants from Tripoli to Guinea Bissau &Benin. The flights provided migrants voluntary return & reintegration assistance, ensuring their safe return
Le 27 juin, l'OIM en collaboration avec
@gouvbenin
ont accueilli 74
#migrants
béninois rentrés volontairement de la Libye en toute sécurité et dignité, assistés par le programme d'aide au retour volontaire et à la réintégration des migrants, MPRR-SSA en Afrique subsaharienne.
IOM Protection team assisted 228
#displaced
families affected by
#StormDaniel
in Derna, distributing dignity and baby specific kits at the Children Theatre in Benghazi. 9-months after the storm hit eastern Libya, IOM staff is still working on the ground assisting people in need.
IOM launched the new phase of the COMPASS programme in Geneva today!
With a focus on migrant rights and
#safemigration
, COMPASS will continue its mission across 14 countries and support their journey towards sustainable development.
IOM delivered career readiness workshop to 90
#YESS
youth graduates (30 women, 60 men) in Tripoli & Benghazi. Topics covered: CV writing, interview techniques, job search strategies, entrepreneurship as well as starting and managing small business.
Last week, IOM team and the Embassy of
#Sweden
🇸🇪 to Libya met to discuss key migration related priorities for the years ahead. Protection to vulnerable migrants, more regular pathways and route-based approaches along the Central Mediterranean Route remain central.
IOM wishes everyone a
#EidMubarak
. Our thoughts are with those displaced by disasters or conflict. Let's honor this sacred time by supporting those in need and advocating for peace.
IOM continues to provide skills training to unemployed youth & support them finding jobs and improving their livelihood. This week, 195 youth (94 men and 101 women) graduated from IOM
#YESS
centers in Tripoli, Benghazi and Sabha.
Through fruitful meetings with community leaders of Nigeria and Guinea-Bissau communities in Misrata, IOM Libya team keeps discussing how to expedite registration and issue temporary displacement documentation to facilitate voluntary humanitarian returns of migrants in Libya.
🚨 New report! Over half of migrant deaths in 2023 happened in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Globally, more than 8,600 deaths were recorded by
@MissingMigrants
.
Read more ➡
IOM continues to provide trainings to migrants' countries of origin Embassies & Consulates on document examination identity management. Recently the Ghanaian&Nigerian embassies were trained to enhance their capacity in legal identity verification & detecting counterfeit documents
IOM's Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) Programme continues to assist stranded & vulnerable migrants who request assistance to return from Libya to their home countries. This week, a flight to
#Bangladesh
with 163 migrants was facilitated from Benghazi to Dhaka. 🌍 ✈️