Pulse logo
Pulse Region
Editions:
Home

UNHCR’s life-saving flights from Libya resume after seven-month suspension

21 August 2024 at 16:45
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency evacuated last night a group of 153 vulnerable refugees and asylum-seekers out of Libya to the Emergency Transit Mechanism (ETM) in Niger. This UNHCR-chartered flight marks the resumption of life-saving evacuations from Libya, ending a seven-month long suspension. Humanitarian flights had t...
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Subscribe to receive daily news updates.