Italy allocates more than one million euros to WHO and UNHCR in Libya

The Address | Benghazi – Libya

TRIPOLI – The Italian embassy announced on Wednesday that it allocated more than one million euros to two international organizations in Libya, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the World Health Organization (WHO).

According to the Italian embassy these funds come as part of its support to the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord “in the fight against human trafficking and to improve humanitarian conditions of migrants and internally displaced people.”

The embassy said that 1,1 million euros were allocated to WHO “to step up health assistance to migrants” while five hundred thousand euros were allocated to UNHCR “to implement quick-impact projects for internally displaced people.”

#Italy increases its support to @Government_ly in the fight against human trafficking & to improve humanitarian conditions of migrants & IDPs:
➡️ € 1,1MLN to @WHOLIBYA to step up health assistance to migrants
➡️ € 500K to @UNHCRLibya to implement quick-impact projects for IDPs pic.twitter.com/CjklakcRgC

— Italy in Libya (@ItalyinLibya) November 28, 2018