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Italy and Libya signed on December 20 an agreement allowing the evacuation of 1,500 vulnerable migrants from Libya to Italy, over the next 3 years.
The agreement, which was sponsored by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and other organizations, comes within the framework of international efforts to help migrants fleeing their countries due to war, violence and conflict.
According to the Italian News Agency, the agreement includes those stranded in Libya, especially children and women who are victims of human trafficking, survivors of violence and torture, and those…
People in western Libya have rallied round to provide care and breastmilk for young children orphaned by the devastating floods that hit the coastal city of Derna on 10 September.
Hundreds of traumatised babies and young children are thought to have lost their parents in Derna, where whole neighbourhoods were wiped out after two dams broke.
“Infant children do not wish to use artificial feeding bottles, which forced us…
The local council of Bani Walid, Libya has committed to release, rehabilitate and reintegrate children associated with armed groups.
When the Islamic State group was pushed out of its Libyan stronghold in the city of Sirte nearly two years ago, the children of some foreign IS fighters were left behind. Some have returned to their home countries, but more than 20 orphans, most of them from neighbouring Egypt, are still stranded in the Libyan city of Misrata. In this video, the BBC's Sally Nabil met one of them, Jumana, and the grandparents longing for her return.
Libyan municipalities have now begun banning militias from using children under the age of 18.
This article describes the recent rise in migrants and refugees coming to Italy from Libya, especially the large numbers of unaccompanied children, and the efforts being made by aid workers to place those children in appropriate care. The article places special focus on the work of Save the Children and its partners.
This photo series, courtesy of Save the Children, depicts the experiences of unaccompanied young people who travel from North Africa across the Mediterranean in hopes of reaching greater safety in Europe. The photos follow a group of children who travelled from Libya and other parts of North Africa and the Middle East to the Italian island of Lampedusa. The children who travel to Europe are often fleeing war zones but encounter other dangers on their journeys as they board unstable boats and use “unscrupulous traffickers” to get to Europe.