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unhcr - refugee resettlement update Nov 2019

11/14/2019

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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees - UNHCR - released its periodical update as of Nov 11, 2019. According to the report, there are 45,215 registered asylum seekers and refugees in Libya. 2,351 individuals are currently in UN recognised detention centres in country. 

Since the evacuation process from Libya began in 2017, 4,252 people have been evacuated to Niger, Italy and Roumania. Niger is hosting 2,913 refugees, Italy 808 and Roumania 531. 870 evacuees from Libya remain in Niger, among them 135 unaccompanied children. Since September 2019, an additional 189 have been transferred to Rwanda. Through these countries, asylum seekers either remain or are resettled in 14 cooperating countries in Europe and North America. Over 6,000 individuals have submitted requests for resettlement since 2017. An additional 5,484 have found other solutions, including returning to countries of origin, obtaining humanitarian visas and family reunification. 



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