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UN teams find displaced people, growing needs in Libya's conflict zones
7 Jun 2011 UNHCR staff visiting both sides of the battle lines spoke to displaced people and saw shortages of basic supplies and services. -
At least 150 drown as yet another Lampedusa-bound boat capsizes
3 Jun 2011 The Tunisian navy and coast guard have rescued nearly 600 others who left Libya in hope of reaching the Italian island of Lampedusa. -
UNHCR urges more international support to ease tensions at Tunisia border camp
27 May 2011 Recent disturbances at Choucha camp point to the urgent need to find separate solutions for migrant workers and refugees fleeing the Libya conflict. -
IKEA Foundation donates mattresses, duvets and covers for Libya-displaced
24 May 2011 UNHCR staff start distribution of thousands of IKEA mattresses, duvets and duvet covers to displaced families at Tunisia's Choucha transit camp. -
Q&A: UN Volunteer helps needy Libyan Berbers in Tunisian camp
23 May 2011 German-Ecuadorean protection assistant Patricia Eckhoff talks about working with refugees from Libya at a camp in southern Tunisia. -
Hundreds risk return to Libya in bid to reach Europe by boat
17 May 2011 The UN refugee agency says that among those crossing back into Libya are refugees, including Somalis, Ethiopians and Eritreans in a Tunisian camp. -
Death on the Mediterranean
13 May 2011 A young ethnic Oromo man from Ethiopia tells of a fateful boat trip that left 63 of his fellow passengers dead after they set off from Libya for an Italian island. -
UNHCR seeks better rescue mechanisms after Mediterranean drownings
10 May 2011 At least 19 people drown in efforts to escape Libya by boat. UNHCR urges European states to put in place more reliable mechanisms for rescue at sea. -
Number of civilians to flee Libya's Western Mountains nears 40,000
3 May 2011 Another 8,000 people, most of them ethnic Berbers, arrived in Dehiba in southern Tunisia over the weekend. Most are women and children.