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UNHCRs mandate is to provide protection and direct assistance and ensure access to durable solutions for refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees and stateless persons.

In 2017, UNHCR operates, in partnership with International Medical Corps (IMC) and CESVI, to promote and enhance the protection environment as well as provide humanitarian life-saving assistance to refugees, asylum seekers, IDPs and returnees. UNHCR also works with Mercy Corps to assess and respond to the situation of returnees in Sirt, and with IMPACT Initiatives to study the Mixed Migration trends in the South of Libya and via the Central Mediterranean Route.

UNHCR identifies, registers and provides counselling to persons in need of international protection in Tripoli and Benghazi in three Community Development Centres (CDCs) and a Social Centre, through outreach visits conducted by partners, as well as through telephone hotlines.

UNHCR supports IDPs and returnees throughout Libya, with non-food items (NFIs) and cash-based interventions (CBIs). In March 2017, UNHCR through LibAid distributed NFIs to 500 returnee families in Sirt and distributed emergency shelter and NFIs to 16 families in the Tawargha IDP settlement in Tripoli.

UNHCR advocates with Libyan authorities to find alternatives to detention, to improve conditions inside detention centres and to adopt protection-sensitive approaches, including during rescue at sea, with due respect for the principle of non-refoulement.

UNHCR and its partner IMC have access to detention centres run by Libyan authorities and reach out to individuals detained for irregular entry or stay in Libya. Through six health posts located in Tripoli (three), Azzawya, Tajoura and Alkhums ports, IMC delivers emergency assistance upon disembarkation to survivors of rescue at sea/interception incidents.

UNHCR enables capacity building of government officials, national civil society and other stakeholders, offering training on core protection principles, including of IDPs, and refugee law within the context of mixed migration.

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Libya: Dashboard of key activities (January - March 2017) - Reliefweb