Libya — IDP & Returnee Report

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This IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) report presents the data and findings on internally displaced persons (IDPs) and returnees between February 2021 – April 2022, representing round 41 of the DTM Mobility Tracking in Libya. The trend of return of IDPs to their places of origin and the resulting decrease in the number of people displaced observed since the October 2020 ceasefire continued, with 680,772 individuals previously displaced returned to their places of origin, while 159,996 IDPs still identified as displaced by end of April 2022. This accounts for a 49 per cent reduction in the number of people internally displaced in Libya since the October 2020 ceasefire (when 316,415 IDPs were reported)

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  • Libya Displacement - [IDPs, Returnees] - Baseline Assessment [IOM DTM]
    International Organization for Migration (IOM)
    Time Period of the Dataset [?]: December 01, 2015-December 31, 2022 ... More
    Modified [?]: 10 October 2023
    Dataset Added on HDX [?]: 2 February 2016
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    This dataset updates: Every year
    This dataset is part of the data series [?]: IOM - DTM Baseline Assessment
    This datasets has IDPs, Household & Returnees data at Admin3 level gathered through DTM Mobility Tracking Assessment. In the context of the political instability that has prevailed since the uprising in Libya (October 2011) and culminated in the collapse of a fragile central authority accompanied by fragmentation and infighting among myriads of militias, with continued fighting since the mid-2014 escalations, estimates indicate that the number of Internally Displaced Per-sons (IDPs) in Libya has exceeded 400,000 individuals, some eight percent of the total population (HNO, September 2015). While the country struggles to achieve and maintain stability, thousands of migrants are also taking journeys to and through Libya in a desperate bid to seek a better life in Europe. These migrants are exposed to risks of being trafficked and exploited while traveling through dangerous routes in deserts and territories controlled by different armed groups, as well as dying during attempts to cross the Mediterranean Sea. However, there has been no standardized mechanism in place to verify and regularly update IDP and migrant numbers. Given that most humanitarian and international organizations operate remotely from Tunis since mid-July 2014 due to the deteriorating security situation, maintaining access to reliable and updated data on the humanitarian situation in Libya has been challenging.