Practices by Country

On February 23, 2011, following political turmoil in Libya, according to the unified deployment of Chinese Foreign Ministry and Ministry of Commerce, the China States Construction Overseas Development Co., Ltd, (CSCEC) Libyan branch began to organize personnel to evacuate.A total of 35,860 person

The UN Migration Agency (IOM) Mission in Libya is facilitating visits to remote detention centres, in close coordination with the Libyan Government, to ensure that more stranded migrants wishing to return home gain access to consular services.

Through the Administrative Order No. 262, series of 2014, a Libya Crisis Quick Response Team was created within the Department of Labour and Employment (DOLE) of the Government of the Philippines, to serve as a focal group for purposes of coordination...

On 1 March 2011, the Secretary General of the Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanogu, called upon member states to assist the Tunisian government by providing transport means to return displaced people from Libya to their countries of origin.

The five star JW Marriott Hotel Tripoli opened in the city’s Central Business District in 2011, just days before the civil war in Libya began.  At the time the Hotel was hosting the first guests and 185 migrant employees from over 20 nationalities had come to Tripoli in pursuit of new careers wit

As part of its direct assistance to migrants stranded at the Libyan borders in 2014, (provision of non-food relief items and hygiene kits, repatriation support), IOM also conduced training of civil society organizations.  Participants included 16 NGO representatives from the Network on Psychosoci

During the 2011 Libyan crisis IOM, in coordination with the Egyptian authorities, United Nations and civil society partners, provided humanitarian assistance, including food, water, blankets and hygiene kits, to migrants stranded in the Salloum Camp.

The European Commission facilitated the repatriation of migrants who fled Libya into Tunisia during the Libyan crisis. The Commission launched a humanitarian air and sea bridge.

During the repatriation of thousands of Filipinos out of Libya in the first quarter of 2011, Philippine schools owned and operated by Filipino diaspora were transformed as temporary evacuation centers and converging areas.

During the Libyan crisis, Third Country Nationals (TNCs) leaving Libya and entering Egypt remained confined to the border crossing point of Salloum until their case had been processed. This was accomplished through the work of consular authorities in liaison with IOM support.