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Al-Monitor
March 9, 2018
1, around 600 families headed back toward their hometown of Tawergha, located southeast of the Libyan coastal city of Misrata. They'd been forced to leave the town of 40,000 seven years ago following battles in which fighters from Tawergha were accused of having fought for the former Libyan regimeÃâà...
Reliefweb
March 5, 2018
IDPs continue to wait in order to return to their community of origin as their number increases. Currently, more than 2,200 individuals are reported to be in Qararat AlKatf and Harawa informal settlements. While a considerable number of families are reported to be in Qararat Al-Katf, only 18 families haveÃâà...
Libyan Express
February 28, 2018
The United Nations and its partners in Libya have called for the voluntary, safe and dignified return of the population displaced from the northern town of Tawergha without a delay, expressing deep concern about the situation faced by these people living in makeshift-tented settlements in nearby areas.
ReliefWeb
February 27, 2018
Tripoli, 27 February 2018 – The UN Humanitarian organisations and partners in Libya are deeply concerned about the situation faced by Tawergha men, women and children who are unable to return home and currently living in makeshift-tented settlements with precarious conditions in Qararat al-QatafÃâà...
Xinhua
February 26, 2018
TRIPOLI, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Head of the UN Support Mission and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Libya Ghassan Salame discussed the return of the displaced people of Tawergha with the mayor of Misurata city Mustafa Kurwad. "They discussed three principles:Ãâà...
Libyan Express
February 25, 2018
UNHCR is concerned at the plight of several hundred Libyan families prevented by armed groups from returning to their homes in the city of Tawergha and now stranded in difficult conditions. The Tawergha community been displaced since 2011, when the 40,000 inhabitants of the city were forced to leave.
UNHCR
February 23, 2018
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is concerned at the plight of several hundred Libyan families prevented by armed groups from returning to their homes in the city of Tawergha and now stranded in difficult conditions. The Tawergha community been displaced since 2011, when the 40,000 inhabitants ofÃâà...
The Libya Observer
February 22, 2018
UNICEF has offered humanitarian assistance to the displaced people of Tawergha, who are staying in makeshift tents in the Qararat Qatif district in the east of Bani Walid. At least 339 children are among the displaced families from Tawergha. UNICEF also stated that with the support of the BMZ program,Ãâà...
Libyan Express
February 22, 2018
IDPs from Tawergha are left in the open air in the desert as Misrata did not consent to their February 01 return date. ... (WFP) has provided vital food assistance to nearly 3,000 displaced people stranded in the harsh Libyan desert as they struggle to return to their hometown of Tawergha, in Western Libya.
CNBCAfrica.com
February 21, 2018
“I am appalled at the news that thousands of people from Tawergha, who have already had to face seven hard years away from their homes, are being barred from returning and are being forced to live in makeshift shelters in the desert,” said Cecilia Jimenez-Damary, Special Rapporteur on the humanÃâà...
ReliefWeb
February 20, 2018
Following the attempt of Tawergha IDP families to return to their homes from 1 February onwards, over 200 IDP families remained displaced to date (approximately 15 families in Hrawa and 187 families in Qararat al-Qataf), among them are at least 339 children. They have established two new settlementsÃâà...
ReliefWeb
February 17, 2018
Since August 2011, approximately 40,000 Tawerghans have been displaced from Tawergha (40 KM south of Misrata), Tawergha has been one of the most affected areas during the Libyan crisis with schools, hospitals and shops having been heavily damaged. On 26 December 2017, an agreement on theirÃâà...
The Libya Observer
February 8, 2018
The group underlined that the return of the people of Tawergha must be in conjunction with the return of the displaced people of Benghazi, Kikla and Mashashiaya, and with lifting the siege on Derna, pointing out that Tawergha should stay a municipal branch of Misrata and affiliated to Misrata SecurityÃâà...
ReliefWeb
February 7, 2018
On 1 February, families from the east, south and west of Libya attempted to return to Tawergha following the signing of a decree on 26 December 2017 by the Presidency Council (PC)which indicated the start date for the return process. Upon attempting to return, people were blocked from enteringÃâà...
Asharq Al-awsat English
February 6, 2018
The media committee for the return of Tawergha accused militias belonging to the Government of National Accord (GNA), headed by Fayez al-Sarraj, ... Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has distributed blankets, cooking utensils, hygiene kits and sleeping mats to the displaced people of Tawergha.
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