Hundreds of thousands of people have fled from Libya into Egypt and Tunisia since mid-February. Many of them are refugees from Darfur, Somalia, Eritrea, Iraq, and other war-torn countries in Africa. They escaped terror in their own countries and sought safety in Libya, and now they have had to flee again.
Those fleeing to Egypt will join tens of thousands of refugees already residing there, primarily in Cairo. The scant humanitarian resources that exist will quickly be consumed, leaving the most vulnerable to struggle for survival.
When the UN Refugee Agency made an emergency appeal to governments and NGOs to increase assistance to refugees impacted by violence in Libya, RefugePoint responded. Now we are an integral part of an emergency program to rescue some of the most vulnerable refugees in Egypt.
Follow the link’s below to learn more about RefugePoint’s emergency response to the crisis in Libya:
- Under Threat in Libya with Nowhere to Run: Executive Director Sasha Chanoff is interviewed on NPR’s Here and Now about the refugee crisis in Libya.
- Boston Philanthropist Seconds RefugePoint’s Advocacy for Refugees from Libya: Karen Ansara, co-founder of New England International Donors, the Ansara Family Fund and the Haiti Fund at the Boston Foundation, highlights RefugePoint’s work on her blog karenansara’s posterous.
- What about refugees fleeing Libya? Executive Director Sasha Chanoff’s editorial in The Boston Globe explains how western governments – including the United States – can assist refugees fleeing the civil war in Libya.
Please consider partnering with us on the front lines of our emergency intervention to protect refugees who are terribly affected by recent events. It costs us approximately $500 to help one refugee permanently out of danger. Your contribution of any amount will help us at this critical time.
Check back to this page for additional updates on the refugee crisis in Libya and how RefugePoint is working to resolve it.
