UN: 2.4 Million People In Libya In Urgent Need Of Assistance
MEP: The United Nations on Friday has pleaded for help in Libya as millions need immediate humanitarian aid due to the militancy and crisis in the northern Africa.
“More than 2.4 million people in Libya are in need of humanitarian assistance,” Martin Kobler, the UN secretary-general’s special representative for Libya, said in a statement.
“They lack medicines, vaccinations and suffer from poor hospitalization services. Almost 300,000 children are out of schools and almost 350,000 Libyans are displaced within the country,” he further said.
Kobler also noted the predicament of more than 270,000 migrants who fled their home countries and are stranded in Libya.
“The humanitarian needs created by the crisis in Libya are enormous and this should serve as an incentive for us to do our utmost to give hope to the people, particularly those in urgent need of humanitarian assistance,” he added.
Libya has been struggling to contain the militants who have been expanding their presence in the country following the overthrow and death of longtime dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
Taking advantage of the chaos in Libya, the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group also took control of the northern port city of Sirte in June 2015, nearly four months after it declared presence in the city.
