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UNHCR Update Libya (12 March 2021) [EN/AR] Format Population movement As of 10 March, 3,170 refugees and migrants have been registered as rescued/intercepted at sea by the Libyan Coast Guard and disembarked in Libya. The population comprises 2,613 men, 264 women and 293 children. So far this year, the majority of those who arrived at Libyan ports are from Mali (22 per cent), Sudan (20 per cent) and Guinea (11 per cent). UNHCR and its medical partner, the International Rescue Committee (IRC), continue to be present at disembarkation points to provide urgent medical assistance and core relief i...

Four years later, the children of Mosul are heading back to school Format Soon after ISIL marched into Mosul City in northern Iraq in 2014, the classrooms and hallways of the city’s schools fell silent. After great efforts by Iraqis, those who remained and those who have returned, those same classrooms and hallways are coming back to life. ACTED and its consortium partners have supported the rehabilitation of Mosul City following the widespread destruction of infrastructure. Front and centre to these efforts was a drive to reopen the city’s schools; a crucial step in convincing displaced ...