August 24 02:01 PM
MSF closes medical operations in Tripoli, Libya
Tripoli has become an increasingly challenging environment for international organizations.
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Libya 2020 © MSF
Libya
MSF cared for thousands of migrants and refugees detained in dire conditions.
News update
Libya: MSF emergency teams assess needs in Storm Daniel aftermath
September 14, 2023: Nearly 10,000 people are missing and more than 5,000 people are dead after Storm Daniel hit part of northeastern Libya, causing severe rains and flooding that swept away entire villages.
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Our work in Libya
In Libya, MSF provided essential health care for migrants, refugees, asylum seekers, and other people in vulnerable circumstances. We also offered support for tuberculosis (TB) services.
What's happening in Libya?
By the end of 2022, there were more than 650,000 migrants in Libya, with 3,489 estimated to be in detention centers managed by the Department for Combating Irregular Migration, and between 2,000 and 5,000 in non-official centers scattered across the country.
How we helped in Libya
MSF heard accounts from migrants subjected to multiple forms of ill treatment, such as physical abuse and sexual and gender-based violence. In addition, migrants have reported arbitrary arrests and detention in inhumane conditions, kidnapping, forced labor, human trafficking, and family separation.
Our teams provided basic health care, mental health support, and sexual and reproductive health consultations in health facilities inside detention centers and in urban settings. We referred patients to hospitals for specialized care. We also offered protection services, aiming to identify people with vulnerabilities and referred them to other organizations in Tripoli to meet their specific needs.
How we helped
49,900
Outpatient consultations
4,070
Individual mental health consultations
340
Patients started treatment for TB
*Data from MSF International Activity Report 2022
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How you can help
Not everyone can treat patients in the field. But everyone can do something.
Some humanitarian crises make the headlines—others don’t. Unrestricted support from our donors allows us to mobilize quickly and efficiently to provide lifesaving medical care to the people who need it most, whether those needs are in the spotlight or not. And your donation is 100 percent tax-deductible.
